Ngaio Marsh Quotes
What does 'Ngaio' mean? I don't know. Like many Maori words, it has a number of meanings - clever, light on the water, a little bug - but I don't know which my parents had in mind.

Quotes to Explore
-
To live in New York is to see the world as it is to come.
-
Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
-
It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.
-
Victorious living does not mean freedom from temptation, nor does it mean freedom from mistakes.
-
Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
-
Writing never comes easy. The difference between Page 2 and Page Nothing is the difference between life and death.
-
Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world.
-
I pride myself on definitely being more than a dunker.
-
As an actress, vanity is your enemy. If you're thinking about how you look, you're not going to give a good performance. Once I realized, 'Hmm, I guess I'm not that vain,' it's like something I wanted to protect. I can't imagine anyone could give the full dynamic performance they're capable of and still be vain.
-
Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.
-
I have been celibate for about six or seven months, I think. I would rather just make out and kiss someone instead of sex. I'm single. I said I would be single for a year and I am.
-
Growing up, I think I always had a sense of art: a sense that there was poetry in the world. I didn't know where I was going to find it. I didn't know where I was going to fit in, that was for sure. But I kept moving forward. There wasn't a future in anything other than movement.
-
Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.
-
It's tricky, performing the show live. Because when you're in a big auditorium, in front of 700 people, the natural tendency is to want to talk louder. You want to project.
-
The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
-
I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.
-
Christ beside me, Christ before me, Christ behind me, Christ within me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me.
-
My style is very simple, but I love Reese Witherspoon, Kate Hudson and Kate Middleton.
-
I love coming back to Neath - this is home and always will be.
-
One thing I have clear is that I don't want to work for money anymore.
-
For instance, the notion of non-penal substitution. This idea, found in the work of the nineteenth century Scottish Reformed theologian John McLeod Campbell and based upon his reading of the letter to the Hebrews in particular, is that Christ offers up his life and death as a penitential act on our behalf, rather than as a punishment in our stead.
-
Man, I grew up like everybody else. Middle-low income family. My parents got divorced like most of the rest of the country.
-
What does 'Ngaio' mean? I don't know. Like many Maori words, it has a number of meanings - clever, light on the water, a little bug - but I don't know which my parents had in mind.