Tumail Quotes & Sayings

Autumn arrives in the early morning. — Elizabeth Bowen

To exact of every man who writes that he should say something new, would be to reduce authors to a small number; to oblige the most fertile genius to say only what is new, would be to contract his volumes to a few pages. Yet, surely, there ought to be some bounds to repetition; libraries ought no more to be heaped for ever with the same thoughts differently expressed, than with the same books differently decorated. — Samuel Johnson

I do sort of gravitate towards smaller, indie-type movies. — Kristen Wiig

I have no patience with up-themselves authors who complain about having to trail round a few bookshops signing stock. — Nicholas Royle

Holy Mother Church teaches us to end the year and also our days with an examination of conscience ... to be grateful and to ask for forgiveness. — Pope Francis

Since historical reconstruction is a rational process, only justified and indeed possible if it involves the human reason, what we call history is the mess we call life reduced to some order. pattern and possibly purpose. — Geoffrey Elton

The finest chroniclers of the great and the near-great have often been courtiers - the Duc de Saint-Simon, for instance, or Lady Murasaki. — Robert Gottlieb

Mindfulness is an ancient meditation mode in which we let go of our fears, our attachments to control and being right, our expectations and entitlements, and our judgments of others. Instead of these popular strategies, we learn to simply stay present opening in the moment - with nothing in the way - so we can experience life as it occurs. — David Richo

It's a very valuable skill to succeed in life whether you work for a startup or a Fortune 500 company. — Guy Kawasaki