#Running Quotes #Mind Quotes #Events Quotes
“My dad is a huge rock and roll lead guitar fan. I didn't even really know that until recently. Everything has to have a guitar solo in it.”
“Every time I see a piano, I have this urge to play it.”
“It's funny how three or four notes of anger can be struck at once, creating the perfect chord of fury.”
Source : Tayari Jones (2012). “Silver Sparrow”, p.45, Algonquin Books
“It does not demean men to want to be what they imagine the wolf to be, but it does demean them to kill the animal for it.”
“Saigon was an addicted city, and we were the drug: the corruption of children, the mutilation of young men, the prostitution of women, the humiliation of the old, the division of the family, the division of the country-it had all been done in our name. . . . The French city . . . had represented the opium stage of the addiction. With the Americans had begun the ***** phase.”
“People today are too concerned about saving time and having convenience.”
“When Jesus invites sinners, 'Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest,' he immediately adds,'take my yoke upon you, and learn from me' (Matt. 11:28-29). To come to him includes taking his yoke upon us, being subject to his direction and guidance, learning from him and being obedient to him. If we are unwilling to make such a commitment, then we have not truly placed our trust in him.”
“My present post amounts to about 700 thaler, and when there are rather more funerals than usual, the fees rise in proportion; but when a healthy wind blows, they fall accordingly...”
Ian Baker-Finch Golfer
