"Women are like those blinkin' little Greek islands, places to call at but not to stay."

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Source : Stacy Aumonier (1935). “Ups and downs: stories”

Stacy Aumonier

#Women Quotes #Islands Quotes #Greek Quotes

“If there is no deep yearning for a life that is well pleasing to Him, if there is no stimulating desire to know Him and His Word, church membership is just like a young man falling in love with a furnished apartment and marrying an electric stove, a refrigerator, a vacuum cleaner, a garbage disposal, and a wet mop! That is just about all it amounts to. Let's stop playing church today and start loving Christ and living for Him!”
“I liked working in advertising, but don't believe my taste in art, such as it is, was entirely formed by TV commercials. And I don't feel especially conflicted enjoying a Mantegna one day, a Carl Andre the next day and a brash student work the next.”
“Those who think themselves secure are more exposed to danger than any others. The armor-bearer of sin is self-confidence .”
“In 19 years Stockton never once lost a suicide drill in practice. Well, there was one day. He was sick. But he still ran it”
“That is the simple secret of happiness. Whatever you are doing, donâ€™t let past move your mind; donâ€™t let future disturb you. Because the past is no more, and the future is not yet. To live in the memories, to live in the imagination, is to live in the non-existential. And when you are living in the non-existential, you are missing that which is existential. Naturally you will be miserable, because you will miss your whole life.”
“The truth is you and I are in control of only two things - how we prepare for what might happen and how we respond to what just happened. The moment when things actually do happen belongs to God.”

Source : DeVon Franklin (2011). “Produced by Faith: Enjoy Real Success without Losing Your True Self”, p.16, Simon and Schuster
“In Cuba we have one party, but in the U.S. there is very little difference. Both parties are an expression of the ruling class.”

Source : "Mountain of Snakes (Part II)" by Sean Penn, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 30, 2008.
“What I wanted to do was music, until I was about 16. But it was jazz and rock, never classical music.”

Source : Source: www.chicagotribune.com

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