Awakenings Quotes

#1. Of course, De Niro has had a long history of memorable performances. Everyone knows 'Taxi Driver' and 'Raging Bull,' but 'Awakenings' really did something for me.

Adriane Lenox

#2. Somewhere, somehow, at some unknown intersection between prayer and work, God indwells our humble offering - God indwells us - and turns human actions into spiritual awakenings.

Jared Brock

#3. One night Death left his card. I was not familiar with the name he chose: but the black edge was deep. I flung it back. A thousand awakenings of violence.

Wyndham Lewis

#4. The most important thing about dreams is the existence in them of magical emotions, to which waking consciousness is not ordinarily sentient. Awe of vast constructions; familiar eternal halls of buildings; sexual intensity in rapport; deathly music; grief awakenings, perfected lodgings.

Allen Ginsberg

#5. In a world of sleepwalkers an awakened mind is a teacher and a catalyst for new awakenings, whether they want to be or not.

Bryant McGill

#6. It is utterly impossible to divorce the story of student awakenings from the course of missions in countries overseas. From the beginning, one of the most immediate and dramatic effects of college revivals has been the recruitment of personnel for the work of Christ abroad.

J. Edwin Orr

#7. Life is a series of awakenings.

Swami Mukerji

#8. Awakenings are always terrifying as they force you to realize your past has been lived in confinement, the most disturbing part is when you recognize that the shackle holding you down are largely once you have placed upon yourself, the prison is self constructed

Dean Karnazes

#9. As Razam so aptly demonstrates, a new kind of traveler is emerging-one that embarks into the mysterious and uncharted domain within, where they aim to conquer their own hearts. Written in the tradition of a great adventure narrative, Aya Awakenings is a timely story for a new emerging era.

Yossi Ghinsberg

#10. You'll do fine if you have any strength at all, but listen to your Green angel and give yourself more exit points. You're in for some rude awakenings in battle, and young souls often retreat under fire. You'll end up trying to find a shortcut back home and that always makes a big mess.

Dawn Jayne

#11. Recruiting Station was a story that came as the result of many anxious awakenings during many nights.

A.E. Van Vogt

#12. People love miracle stories and dramatic moments of transcendence or transformation, and may then pursue their own dramatic "awakenings."

Dan Millman

#13. Life is perhaps best regarded as a bad dream between two awakenings.

Eugene O'Neill

#14. You will reach a point where you can finally go for an hour, or a day, or a week without painful reminders of absence and emptiness. Look for new awakenings. Be open to rebirth.

Karen Katafiasz

#15. Vimes awoke with a noseful of camel. There are far worse awakenings, but not as many as you might think.

Terry Pratchett

#16. We do not hold that doctrine gives rise to awakening but rather that the individual awakenings come first.

Haruki Murakami

#17. The awakenings of remorse, virtuous shame and indignation, the glow of moral approbation if they do not lead to action, grow less and less vivid every time they occur, till at length the mind grows absolutely callous.

Anna Letitia Barbauld

#18. The more naps you take, the more awakenings you experience.

Sarah Ban Breathnach

#19. LIFE IS A SERIES OF RUDE AWAKENINGS

Andrew Dazz

#20. Sometimes, the most profound of awakenings come wrapped in the quietest of moments.

Stephen Crane

#21. The U.S. needs a strong techno brand like Awakenings, just pretty much pure techno.

Adam Beyer

#22. I live in L.A., so layers are essential to my wardrobe. I like slim silhouettes, typically, and I love good tailoring.

Michelle Monaghan

#23. The Panda mission really speaks to our philosophy. It is, 'Deliver exceptional Asian dining experiences by building an organization where people are inspired to better their lives.' I'm talking about everyone who works at Panda. They're inspired to better their own lives.

Andrew Cherng

#24. The awakening is finally realizing that you are a part of God, like a single cell that finally sees it is a part of you.

L.J. Vanier

#25. What I'm looking for in people now is kindness.

Robin Wright

#26. I have learnt that no amount of darkness can mask even the slightest glimmer of light. Find your light and drive out the dark.

Aisha Mirza

#27. My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.

Anton Chekhov

#28. I was terrified as only grown men and women can be when they wake in the middle of the night and begin to realize, in the absolute silence and solitude all around them, that it is not only their dream that has woken them, that it is their whole way of life.

M. Ageyev

#29. Today is a gift.
Today is all I have.
I will be fully awake in today.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#30. I refuse to be left behind in this world, so I need to catch up.

Jessica Park

#31. New York City is a fascinating place because it's very good at using the energy in attracting some of the best and the brightest from everywhere.

Juan Enriquez

#32. I won the battles, Justin. And I won the war. And now there is no more fighting. Now there is peace. You told me to let the joy win out, and I am choosing to do that.

Jessica Park