"None of the things in life - like love or faith - was arrived at by thinking; indeed, one could almost define the things that mattered as the ones that came as suddenly as thunder."

-- Pico Iyer

#Thinking Quotes #Thunder Quotes

“Like books and black lives - albums still matter. Tonight and always.”
“In order to enjoy the Word, we ought to continue to read it, and the way to obtain a spirit of prayer, is, to continue praying; for the less we read the Word of God, the less we desire to read it, and the less we pray, the less we desire to pray.”

Source : "A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller". Book by George Müller, First Part, 1837.
“Well, acting was just in me and I tried to avoid it. I didn't want to do what my parents did, you know?”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I have some close friends I keep in touch with. I knit. I watch a little too much TV. I ski, if the weather's right for that. If I can find a group of buddies, I go rock climbing.”

Source : "Melissa Leo’s Golden Moment". Interview with Daniel D’Addario, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 17, 2010.
“I proceeded to prove everybody right as to how bad an economics student I was by failing as an assistant manager in every theatre I went to that hired me, both as an assistant manager and as an actor. I lost money and tickets, and I couldn't keep track of anything. So eventually they fired me from assistant-manager jobs, but kept me on as an actor.”
“I see myself as universal, not as a German, American, French or whatever, because we all live on this planet. We're all living on the earth.”
“The truly free man is he who can decline a dinner invitation without giving an excuse.”
“'Alien' asked ground-breaking questions about eco-politics and female empowerment. 'The Matrix' delved deeper into the concept of perception versus reality than perhaps any other film I know. But for some reason, we tend not to remember the significance of their writing.”

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