Man, that did his ego good. Matter of fact, she hit him with anything like that again, he was going to feel like he could bench-press a city bus. With a jet plane on its roof. ~J.R. Ward
#quotes #j-r-ward #ego

The world will be balanced when we are balanced. ~Tarthang Tulku
#quotes #tarthang-tulku #world

I don't have the insight with the Longhorns that I do with the two teams that I own, but as a fan and reading the sports pages, I'm bullish about the Longhorns. ~Tom Hicks
#quotes #tom-hicks #sports

That which God said to the rose, and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty, He said to my heart, and made it a hundred times more beautiful. ~Rumi
#quotes #rumi #god #flower #beauty

You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck; and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee; or you can go out and become an entrepreneur. ~Al Michaels
#quotes #al-michaels #work #entrepreneurship

If you neglect your art for one day it will neglect you for two. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #art

The sermon is now the true poppy of literature. ~David Swing
#quotes #david-swing #literature

Birds in their little nests agree; And 'tis a shameful sight when children of one family fall out, and chide, and fight. ~Isaac Watts
#quotes #isaac-watts #children #fighting

I believe a woman, in order to be a good wife, must be both sensual and maternal. ~Elisabeth Elliot
#quotes #elisabeth-elliot #marriage

If fortune smiles, who does not? If fortune does not, who does? ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #fortune

My second book, Follow Me Down had some success, got good critical notices, went into a second printing and things like that, but Shiloh was by far the most successful of those first five novels. ~Shelby Foote
#quotes #shelby-foote #writing #books

Nothing could moderate, in the bosom of the great English middle class, their passionate, absorbing, almost blood-thirsty clinging to life. ~Matthew Arnold
#quotes #matthew-arnold

Before you begin on the journey of revenge, dig two graves. ~Proverb
#proverbs #revenge

The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
#quotes #robert-breault #art #critic

A proverb is to speech what salt is to food. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #speech

A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in. ~Robert Orben
#quotes #robert-orben #vacation #work

East and West are coming together. Whether in peace or anarchy; they are coming together. There need not be a clash between East and West, between Islam and Europe. ~Orhan Pamuk
#quotes #orhan-pamuk #east #west #europe #islam

I would say you have an ethical obligation to pay the taxes that you owe, but you don't have an ethical obligation to pay taxes that you do not owe. In fact, you should be seeking ways to legally minimise your taxes. ~John Mackey
#quotes #john-mackey #taxation #ethics

Normal is such a hard word to use, because everyone's idea of normal is different. Real is what the word is. I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife. I think I lead a really real life. ~Sarah Michelle Gellar
#quotes #sarah-michelle-gellar #life #ideas

If the German people lay down their arms the whole of Eastern and Southern Europe, together with the Reich, will come under Russian occupation. Behind an iron curtain mass butcheries of people would begin. ~Joseph Goebbels
#quotes #joseph-goebbels #war #europe #germany #russia

You rarely find someone who sings really well and who produces really well; it's a problem, and I just think it's a missing link in the music scene. ~Grimes
#quotes #grimes #music

I try to work every day, even when I am not motivated. Ritual is very important to me. ~Mel Ramos
#quotes #mel-ramos #motivation #routine

Start-up success is not a consequence of good genes or being in the right place at the right time. Success can be engineered by following the right process, which means it can be learned, which means it can be taught. ~Eric Ries
#quotes #eric-ries #start-up #success

I hope we do not see another Iraq-type operation for a long time; without UN approval and much broader support from the international community. ~Kofi Annan
#quotes #kofi-annan #military #iraq #united-states

Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the while I am being carried across the sky by beautiful clouds. ~Ojibwe Proverb
#proverbs #ojibwe-proverbs #self #beauty