Murks Quotes

#1. Happiness is a myth we seek,
If manifested surely irks;
Like river speeding to the plain,
On its arrival slows and murks.
For man is happy only in
His aspiration to the heights;
When he attains his goal, he cools
And longs for other distant flights.

Khalil Gibran

#2. When shallow critics denounce the profit motive inherent in our system of private enterprise, they ignore the fact that it is an economic support of every human right we possess and without it, all rights would disappear.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

#3. But silence never shows itself to so great an advantage, as when it is made the reply to calumny and defamation, provided that we give no just occasion for them.

Joseph Addison

#4. Life is all about chances. It's all about these little moments that add up to greatness. And there are times when you have to grab greatness by the balls and say, 'Hey! Greatness! I've got your nuts and you can't do a single godsdamn thing about it!

T.J. Klune

#5. Maybe one day we will be able to take a pill that keeps us young and healthy much longer. I believe in my heart that this will happen.

Cynthia Kenyon

#6. You go to school every morning and sit there for

David Grossman

#7. There's not democracy in the workplace. I mean, through most of our daily lives, the idea of democracy is fairly nonexistent. And I think things work better when the people who have to work with whatever it is we're working with have a say in how it's working.

Michael Moore

#8. The central theme of the universe is the purpose and destiny of every individual. Every person is important in God's eyes.

Billy Graham

#9. The late William Jennings Bryan, L.L.D., always had one great advantage in controversy; he was never burdened with an understanding of his opponent's case.

H.L. Mencken

#10. Raising a child is the only relationship you have where if you do it right, it will end in separation.

Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal

#11. Lisa blamed Twilight, and the preconceived notions about men (especially dangerous men) that it tended to form in the impressionable adolescent mind.

Nenia Campbell

#12. You may not able to hear the song of your heart but the universe can.

Debasish Mridha

#13. I want you to learn that you cannot have anything without working for it. The only way you can be taken advantage of is if you think you can get something for nothing.

Maya Angelou

#14. What matters most is for the school, the district, and the state to be able to say that more students have reached "proficiency." This sort of fraud ignores the students' interests while promoting the interests of adults who take credit for nonexistent improvements.

Diane Ravitch

#15. Joy steals upon me, such joy as calls forth tears.

Aeschylus