Pulling Away From Old Friends Quotes

#1. It is a most delightful reflection that if I come to the throne of God in prayer, I may feel a thousand defects, but yet there is hope. I usually feel more dissatisfied with my prayers than with anything else I do.

Charles Spurgeon

#2. No academic ever expects to be taken seriously by more than three other people, because really, we write for three people in our field.

Howard Gardner

#3. I think there's a settled quality, there's a gravitas that comes with aging and with being a parent because you certainly come to recognize that there's nothing else that takes greater priority than raising your children.

Benjamin Bratt

#4. There can be very powerful releases of energy that can catch you off guard until you have a better sense of what you are doing.

Frederick Lenz

#5. If you don't love the Dodgers, there's a good chance you may not get into Heaven.

Tommy Lasorda

#6. There is an ancient legend which warns that, should we ever learn our true origin, our universe will instantly be destroyed.

Len Wein

#7. Either she was admirably at ease anywhere or she suffered from a total lack of discrimination; Liam couldn't decide which.

Anne Tyler

#8. We're victims of our own refined tastes.

Brent Weeks

#9. You should seriously get a job planning dates for The Bachelor.

Nicki Elson

#10. I used to paint landscapes without any people in them but now I paint people who happen to be in a particular place. They might be outside a pub, or on a beach or in a studio. They might have clothes on or they might not.

Peter Wright

#11. Well I won't back down
No I won't back down
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
But I won't back down

Tom Petty

#12. I had lived in fear of the fabled terrifying visions that assail chronic drinkers, but which had not yet attacked me.

Craig Ferguson

#13. We sold more iPads in the last quarter alone than any PC manufacturer sold in their entire line.

Tim Cook