Dorothy Hartley Quotes

#1. When I commit, I commit with my whole heart, my whole being. I know the Bible like the back of my hand.

Barry White

#2. Our blessings are the least heeded, because the most common events of life.

Hosea Ballou

#3. Some women bristle, in certain contexts, at being called female: it seems to focus exclusively on the reproductive system, and makes you feel like a chicken, all thighs and breasts.

Mary Norris

#4. The great point about money was to convert it as quickly as possible into something you could use or enjoy.

Elspeth Huxley

#5. Me and you, we got more yesterday than anybody. We need some kind of tomorrow.

Toni Morrison

#6. I started in musicals. My first professional experience was Dorothy in 'The Wizard of Oz' in Palm Springs.

Lindsay Hartley

#7. If everything I possessed, vanished, suddenly,
I'd be sorry.
But I value things unpossessed.
The wind, and trees, and sky and kind thoughts, much more.

Dorothy Hartley

#8. Miss Wetherell lived by the will of the dragon, after all, a drug that played steward to an imbecile king, and she would guard that throne with jealous eyes forever.

Eleanor Catton

#9. The most dangerous aspect of religion is its tendency to glorify the absurd and justify the abhorrent.

Stifyn Emrys

#10. A thing cannot be delivered enough times:
this is the rule of dogs for whom there are no fool's errands.
To loop out and come back is good all alone.
It's gravy to carry a ball or a bone.

Kay Ryan

#11. Rich men have big libraries.
Poor men have big TVs.

Mark Fox

#12. The key in letting go is practice. Each time we let go, we disentangle ourselves from our expectations and begin to experience things as they are.

Sharon Salzberg

#13. Don't be afraid. Human birth is full of suffering and one has to endure everything patiently, taking the Name of God. None, not even God in human form can escape the sufferings of the body and mind.

Sarada Devi

#14. But "common sense is not faith," Oswald Chambers had written, "and faith is not common sense.

Jan Karon

#15. There is a certain amount which I shan't mention publicly," Elizabeth said. "Things about Lucia which I should never dream of stating openly."
"Those are just the ones I should like to hear about most," said Diva. "Just a few little titbits.

E.F. Benson

#16. If I and my two children cannot move the gods, the gods must have their reasons.

Marcus Aurelius

#17. With all this talk of Going Green, Buying Green, Living Green, and Green being the new whatever, I've come to realize that, although we had no green, my grandmother was actually the 'greenest' person I've ever known.

Joy Bryant