Useventing Quotes & Sayings

Just because a group does not take its decisions by voting does not mean they have no understanding of the essence of democracy. — George Ayittey

The pain wasn't tidal. That was the lesson of the dream which was really a memory. The pain only appeared to come and go. The pain was like the piling, sometimes covered and sometimes visible, but always there. — Stephen King

This whole Psalm offers itself to be drawn into these two opposite propositions: a godly man is blessed, a wicked man is miserable; which seem to stand as two challenges, made by the prophet: one, that he will maintain a godly man against all comers, to be the only Jason for winning the golden fleece of blessedness; the other, that albeit the ungodly make a show in the world of being happy, yet they of all men are most miserable. - Sir Richard Baker, 1640 — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

I had a wonderful contact, especially with Uncle Bert who was an angel and led the whole group over to my side of a steep ravine I could not cross to get over to them. — Dian Fossey

Progression is important. I'm always going to play music in the general vein of rock'n'roll, but when I started I was very much associated with the West Coast lo-fi thing and I didn't want to get anchored in with anything that was just in vogue for the time being. — Dee Dee Ramone

The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book. — Umberto Eco

You break your neck, and I'll see it mended just so I can break it again." ~ Nynaeve — Robert Jordan

When a person feels disposed to over estimate his own importance, let him remember that mankind got along very well before his birth, and that in all probability they will they will get along very well after his death. — Charles Simmons

I'm not in favor of the government mandating a prayer in school because our country was founded on the fact that no particular religious faith would have ascendance over or preferential treatment over any other. — Jimmy Carter

All of us are on a spiritual journey and we all have a spirituality, an ultimate commitment and practices that express and nurture that commitment.
Spirituality is not like frosting on a cake, an additional and optional layer, but is more like the baking powder that pervades an entire cake with its leavening power. — Bradley Hanson

No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger. — Heraclitus

Don't chase your dreams, but turn them into reality — Yancey-Uriah

You can run and run as fast and as far as you like, but the truth is, wherever you run, there you are. — Cecelia Ahern

If we are to make life into a pleasure rather than a struggle, then I would suggest that we have to start with our own mental attitudes. — Tom Hodgkinson