Emma Lou Thayne Quotes

#1. A first walk in any new country is one of the things which makes life on this planet worth being grateful for.

William Beebe

#2. Even in my most calamitous times, love has been elemental.

Emma Lou Warner Thayne

#3. I don't believe in countries, governments, institutions or borders. I believe in people. When someone asks for my passport, I feel insulted.

Robin Sacredfire

#4. Nobody, who looks at a shard of flint lying beneath a rock ledge, or who finds a splintered log by the side of the road would ever find magic in their solitude. But in the right circumstances, if you bring them together, you can start a fire that consumes the world.

Jodi Picoult

#5. You're never totally sure. I shouldn't say that because you have to pretend you're completely self-secure all the time. But, the truth is, I know what I'm doing. I think I know what I'm doing.

Julie Delpy

#6. Living in L.A. sometimes felt like you were riding shotgun with the devil to the apocalypse.

Michael Connelly

#7. I'll always take Scrabble and chess if I'm going filming. But I do have the Scrabble dictionary, which can be infuriating for other players.

Saffron Burrows

#8. Mr. Kent raised his brows. "What are they asking?"
"For me to heal a little girl."
"My God, the brutes, the monsters," he mocked.

Tarun Shanker

#9. I don't like to attach myself to material things.

Jourdan Dunn

#10. . . . our stories are what make the difference, and if we can tell them honestly we can hope to help each other. In the end, we have nothing to offer each other but our stories.

Emma Lou Warner Thayne

#11. He answers privately, reaches my reaching. In my Gethsemane, Savior and Friend.

Emma Lou Warner Thayne

#12. Innovation, sales and marketing are less about ideas and persuasion and more about understanding. We forget that. People don't want one more nudge in the direction we have decided they need to go. They need us to build our businesses around what we notice will make their lives better. WHERE

Bernadette Jiwa

#13. Those who never make mistakes work for those of us who do.

Henry Ford

#14. We are our stories - dozens, hundreds, thousands of them - sprayed across our memories, embedded in our identity. Calling them up for others or for ourselves or for God, can enlighten, crush, amuse, trap, or free us, depending on how we pay attention.

Emma Lou Warner Thayne