Valcom Quotes & Sayings

You know that bank I used to cry all the way to? I bought it. — Liberace

When a friend needs consoling, do not give in to the temptation of telling stories similar to theirs of disaster or bereavement. It is something people often do to show empathy but nothing is more tiresome than other people's problems when you want to focus on your own. Listening is by far the best form of consolation. — Giles Andreae

I had been in search of a model that would foster a global and open understanding, one that allowed me to shape my own belief system as I liked, informed by my own experiences and without having to conform to particular dogmas or doctrines. — Laurent Huguelit

I fear you will never arrive at an understanding of God so long as you cannot bring yourself to see the good that often comes as a result of pain. For there is nothing, from the lowest, weakest tone of suffering to the loftiest acme of pain, to which God does not respond. There is nothing in all the universe which does not in some way vibrate within the heart of God. No creature suffers alone; He suffers with His creatures and through it is in the process of bringing His sons and daughters through the cleansing and glorifying fires, without which the created cannot be made the very children of God, partakers of the divine nature and peace. — George MacDonald

You can't fault me for ensuring it's in working order... what if I hadn't used it and from this use it had fallen off? — Terry Spear

Science doesn't have all the answers, but it is good at spotting the important questions when they are camouflaged against a background of common sense. — Richard Dawkins

The pleasures of relaxed chat, of casual conversation, encourage the ethnographer in everyone — Richard Sennett