Tumultuaria Quotes & Sayings

But around her, the air was sad, somehow. And behind the smile in her eyes, the Grief was a fresh, shining blue. Because of a calamitous car crash. Because of a Joe-shaped hole in the universe. — Arundhati Roy

There are two kinds of pride, both good and bad. 'Good pride' represents our dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride' is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance. — John C. Maxwell

The desert is a spiritual place, we vaguely understand, and the sea the mere playground of our hedonism. — Tim Winton

We've had a tone-deaf White House that does not want to be reasonable. President Obama won't meet with the Republicans. It's all his way. — Chris Smith

Whoever we are, wherever we are, however we are, whatever our condition is, there is no impediment to attaining the perfection of life-if we are humble & sincere. — Radhanath Swami

In John 3:7 Jesus says, "You must be born again," which is generally taken to mean that one must be baptized and/or rededicate oneself to Christianity, but what if Jesus is actually saying that, if you want to get as close as possible to His Father, you have to keep being reborn until you get it right? What if He is talking about reincarnation? — Chip Coffey

It was as if he were in a place that the whole world had forgotten; as if it were snowing at the end of the world. — Orhan Pamuk

A boy is a dangerous animal. — Lionel Shriver

The big fun in 'Battleship' is that there are no current battleships in the Navy today. The battleships are about 1,000 feet long and they have huge guns. They were what you saw in WWII. The last battleship that was used was the Missouri, which is what the Japanese surrendered to. — Peter Berg

I'm neither shy nor impressed by media and press. It's just another industry to me. My response to the criticism was, "I work with a steel factory. Why can't I work with the media?" — Aleksandra Mir

Never let your sense of morals keep you from doing what is right. — Isaac Asimov

I don't think that once you get to one level, you can relax. You've got to keep pushing. — Larry Bird

Well," said Larry with dignity, "it may give you pleasure to be woken at half-past three in the morning by a pigeon who seems intent on pushing his rectum into your eye... — Gerald Durrell

What is the cause of all God's purposes towards us? Himself. There is no other cause. — Thomas Goodwin