Tumatauenga Quotes & Sayings

Yellow is the brightest and lightest of all colors, and this brilliance is its most noticeable characteristic, which accounts for the way it is used practically and thought of symbolically. — Michael Freeman

My parents tried to shield me from how famous they were when I was growing up on Long Island. I had no idea. — Alexa Ray Joel

I have found that by trusting people until they prove themselves unworthy of that trust, a lot more happens. — Jim Burke

Tis better not to be than to vilely live."
"Greedy of gain is every barbarous tribe. — Sophocles

There is a progression of understanding vis-a-vis pro football that varies drastically with the factor of distance
physical, emotional, intellectual and every other way. Which is exactly the way it should be, in the eyes of the amazingly small number of people who own and control the game, because it is this finely managed distance factor that accounts for the high-profit mystique that blew the sacred institution of baseball off its 'national pastime' pedestal in less than fifteen years. — Hunter S. Thompson

Together they'd run away. Together they could find a place to call home. Together they'd finally form their own constellation and never break apart again. He would be her starlight again and she his sun. — Hella Grichi

I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it. — Rita Mae Brown

What's that sound? Oh, nothing. Just my heart exploding into a million pieces. — Shivaun Plozza

I grew up as a Muslim. I went to an Islamic elementary school. Most of my community was Muslim, so I grew up praying five times a day. — Ishmael Beah

The advantage of being in command of all the guns was that no matter how nicely you asked for something, it was still an order. — James S.A. Corey

Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position. — Donald Rumsfeld