#sayin

Never believe that true prayer consists in mere babbling, reciting so many psalms and vigils, saying your beads while you allow your thoughts to roam. ↗

— Johannes Tauler

#babbling #beads #believe #consists #many

I was a window dresser for Burton's once. What really put me off was the area manager coming round and saying, Charles, I think you're a natch at this. ↗

— Charles Dance

#burton #charles #coming #dresser #i

I've been so mutilated by a lot of articles. I know I haven't said a lot of things I'm quoted as saying in the papers. ↗

— Mary Docter

#been #haven #i #know #lot

Now I can say loudly and openly what I have been saying to myself on my knees. ↗

— Duke Ellington

#i #i can #knees #loudly #myself

You know, there's nothing more interesting than seeing a bunch of racists become confused and angry at a speech they're not quite certain what he's saying. ↗

— Janeane Garofalo

#become #bunch #certain #confused #interesting

When you're expected to win and you have the press saying that you are going to win the Olympic gold medal, and you're the only sure thing in the Olympics, it can undermine your confidence. ↗

— Scott Hamilton

#expected #going #gold #gold medal #medal

Every person who is offered a knighthood has the opportunity to say yes or no. You get a letter from the Prime Minister saying you've been recommended for a knighthood and there are two little boxes, one says yes, one says no. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#boxes #every #get #knighthood #letter

Jessi is a great person. She really is. She's been a friend to me all through all my bad times, and she's understood what I was doing. She came up with that one saying, which was great. ↗

— Waylon Jennings

#bad times #been #came #doing #friend

[Dad] So your intentions were good. That's what matters. [Anthony] But isn't, like, the road to hell paved with good intentions? Yeah, well, so's the road to heaven. And if you spend too much time thinking about where those good intentions are taking you, you know where you end up? Jersey? I was thinking 'nowhere,' but you get the point. ↗

— Neal Shusterman

#intentions #sayings #humor

Real love and Sun have something in common; they are so bright that they don't have shadows, they are free of darkness! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#maxims #sagacious-sayings #love