Ngaio Marsh Quotes

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• Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • Heart
  • For Her
  • Invisible

• By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.

  

  Saint Francis de Sales
  • God
  • Soul
  • Eyes

• Under the big political umbrella, a man is just like a leaf in the ocean, with no control of his destiny and does not have any choice.

  

  Zhang Yimou
  • Political
  • Man
  • Control

• I am a writer. Being critical is a writer's responsibility.

  

  Ma Jian
  • Responsibility
  • Writer
  • Critical

• When I just sit around my house and work, I can work two, three hours, and then I go off and ride a horse or do something that I perceive to be a lot more fun.

  

  Sam Shepard
  • Work
  • Fun
  • House

• If someone is going to criticize what you've written and you believe in what you've written then you should respond.

  

  H. G. Bissinger
  • Believe
  • You
  • Someone

• So many people are concerned with being the perfect 'something.' Whether it's the perfect singer, the perfect sexy girl, or the perfect feminist. I don't want to be the perfect anything.

  

  Halsey
  • People
  • Girl
  • Perfect

• Sense the blessings of the earth in the perfect arc of a ripe tangerine, the taste of warm, fresh bread, the circling flight of birds, the lavender color of the sky shining in a late afternoon rain puddle, the million times we pass other beings in our cars and shops and out among the trees without crashing, conflict, or harm.

  

  Jack Kornfield
  • Earth
  • Perfect
  • Color

• I pleaded your cause, Sextus, having agreed to do so for two thousand sesterces How is it that you have sent me only a thousand? 'You said nothing,' you tell me, 'and this cause was lost through you.' You ought to give me so much the more, Sextus, as I had to blush for you.

  

  Lawyer
  • Lost

• So Bush certainly wasn't the greatest, and Obama has not done the job. And he's created a lot of disincentive. He's created a lot of great dissatisfaction. Regulations and regulatory is going through the roof. It's almost impossible to get anything done in the country.

  

  Donald Trump
  • Great
  • Country
  • Done

• The power of Haitian heritage and the strength of the Haitian people is tremendous. And Haiti holds a unique and rich role in the history of African Americans.

  

  Cheryl Mills
  • People
  • Power
  • History

• A new constitution should be more amendable. A needlessly confusing system of courts should be altered to produce an arrangement that would be simple, responsible, and less awkward.

  

  Charles Edison
  • Simple

• To go from working with a group of people in a sketch-comedy show on a small network, where it was all about just creating funny stuff, to being on a network show, and the pressures of that, and getting to know the new people who were involved in it. There was a learning curve for me. But it was an education.

  

  Ken Marino
  • People
  • Small
  • Education

• I can't talk about anything or write about anything if I don't understand it. So a lot of the stuff that I go through and a lot of the time that I spend is understanding.

  

  Alton Brown
  • Time
  • Understanding

• Gay is not a choice.

  

  Jillian Michaels
  • Gay

• I feel I was always daydreaming, and I was always distracted.

  

  Kathryn Lasky

• The government wants to be able to attack extremism and hatred wherever it occurs.

  

  David Blunkett

• I grew up in the suburbs outside of Newcastle, and there were blank walls, and there was a lot of space to imagine - the fields and the motorways - so I used to sit and talk to myself as different people.

  

  Andrea Riseborough
  • People
  • Up
  • Different

• Poetry is a lyrical insinuation. Often, its melodic subtlety kisses the subconscious mind.

  

  Masiela Lusha
  • Mind
  • Poetry

• Both gentleness and meekness are born of power, not weakness. There is a pseudo-gentlene ss that is effeminate, and there is a pseudo-meekness that is cowardly. But a Christian is to be gentle and meek because those are Godlike virtues... We should never be afraid, therefore, that the gentleness of the Spirit means weakness of character. It takes strength, God's strength, to be truly gentle.

  

  Jerry Bridges
  • Christian
  • Spirit
  • Weakness

• Jason knows what's best for him. If that's what he has to do, he's had an incredible career here.

  

  Bob Stoops
  • Career
  • Best

• My personal cause and platform, if you like, is women's rights and women's issues.

  

  Cindy Gallop
  • Women

• very distinguished and experienced internationally. If his appointment is confirmed we look forward to working with him.

  

  Jack Straw
  • Experience
  • Distinguish
  • Appointment

• Expectation is the springboard of achievement.

  

  Ngaio Marsh
  • Achievement
  • Expectation
  • Springboard