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Finding the real joy of Christmas comes not in the hurrying and the scurrying to get more done, nor is it found in the purchasing of gifts. We find real joy when we make the Savior the focus of the season. We can keep Him in our thoughts and in our lives as we go about the work He would have us perform here on earth. At this time, particularly, let us follow His example as we love and serve our fellowman. Thomas S. Monson
WILLIAM ROPER: So now you'd give the Devil benefit of law! THOMAS MORE: Yes. What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? ROPER: I'd cut down every law in England to do that! MORE: Oh? And when the last law was down, and the Devil turned round on you -where would you hide, Roper, the laws all being flat? This country's planted thick with laws from coast to coast -man's laws, not God's -and if you cut them down- and you're just the man to do it -d'you really... Robert Bolt
He had a tremendous propensity for getting lost when driving. This was largely because of his method of “Zen” navigation, which was simply to find any car that looked as if it knew where it was going and follow it. The results were more often surprising than successful, but he felt it was worth it for the sake of the few occasions when it was both. Douglas Adams
Dolly Parton quote: "In order to get to the rainbow you must be able to deal with..."
In order to get to the rainbow you must be able to deal with the rain. Dolly Parton
Everyone knows you only want to look at the sinkhole because you love a good disaster. Get back to work, Fuller. I don't pay you for your looks. Meg Cabot
Dreaming her way backward in time, resurrecting images, the young girl realized, with wonder, that the absent are always present, that you don't make them go away simply because you get on a train and head off in a particular direction. Carol Shields
Nikki Sixx quote: "In life, when the baggage gets too heavy, you have to put it..."
In life, when the baggage gets too heavy, you have to put it down. Nikki Sixx
J. K. Rowling quote: "Time to sit down," Fred told Harry, "Or we're going to get run..."
Time to sit down," Fred told Harry, "Or we're going to get run over by the bride. J. K. Rowling
It is getting toward dinner time and people are straggling back to their rooms with that weary, dejected air which comes from earning a living honestly. Henry Miller
So you're the winner of this game show," Seth says, "and you get a choice between a five-piece living room set from Broyhill, suggested retail price three thousand dollars— or—a ten-day trip to the old world charm of Europe." Most people, Seth says, would take the living room set. "It's just that people want something to show for their effort," Seth says. "Like the pharaohs and their pyramids. Chuck Palahniuk
If you are in love — that’s a good thing — that’s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don’t let anyone make it small or light to you. […] If it is right, it happens — The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away. John Steinbeck
The danger with hatred is, once you start in on it, you get a hundred times more than you bargained for. Once you start, you can't stop. Philip Roth
You don't necessarily meet a lot of people in this world. Not when you let yourself get distracted by music and the passing of hours. Michael Cunningham
Mankind will someday realize that we are actually in contact with the dead and with the other world, whatever it is; right now we could predict, if we only exerted enough mental will, what is going to happen within the next hundred years and be able to take steps to avoid all kinds of catastrophes. When a man dies he undergoes a mutation in his brain that we know nothing about now but which will be very clear someday if scientists get on the ball. The bastards right now are only interested in... Jack Kerouac
Michael Cunningham quote: "One always has a better book in one's mind than one can manage..."
One always has a better book in one's mind than one can manage to get onto paper. Michael Cunningham

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