Von Ahsen Ali Quotes & Sayings

Being a mum makes you more aware of how short life is and how important it is to enjoy every minute because you have less time for yourself. A day doesn't have 24 hours any more - it only lasts 10, or eight. So you learn to get rid of all the parasites. I'm not talking about people, but things that could be toxic for happiness. — Ludivine Sagnier

The greats weren't great because at birth they could paint
The greats were great because they paint a lot — Macklemore

I write at eighty-five for the same reasons that impelled me to write at forty-five; I was born with a passionate desire to communicate, to organize experience, to tell tales that dramatize the adventures which readers might have had. I have been that ancient man who sat by the campfire at night and regaled the hunters with imaginative recitations about their prowess. The job of an apple tree is to bear apples. The job of a storyteller is to tell stories, and I have concentrated on that obligation. — James A. Michener

We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of calling the process by which we limit our expression of dissent and wonder 'censorship,' we call it 'concern for commercial viability. — David Mamet

Arterial-plaque specials that save minutes now can cost years, later on. — Barbara Kingsolver

Cowards don't always hide. Sometimes, they're so gutless they need to stand out. — Steven Herrick

What fits your busy schedule better, exercising one hour a day or being dead 24 hours a day? — Randy Glasbergen

As an inspiration for terrorism, however, nationalism has been far more productive than religion. Terrorism experts agree that the denial of a people's right to national self-determination and the occupation of its homeland by foreign forces has historically been the most powerful recruiting agent of terrorist organizations, whether their ideology is religious (the Lebanese Shii) or secular (the PLO). — Karen Armstrong

I've only got one wrinkle, and I'm sitting on it. — Jeanne Calment

All blessings are mixed blessings. — John Updike

I have some cool talents. I'm really flexible and can do all sorts of twisted yoga positions. And I'm a big athlete and especially love soccer. — Genevieve Padalecki

You are a child of God. — Marianne Williamson