Quotes of: Phone-call Keyword

When we were little," the Mock Turtle went on at last, more calmly, though still sobbing a little now and then, "we went to school in the sea. The master was an old Turtle - we used to call him Tortoise -" "Why did you call him Tortoise, if he wasn't...

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

Desperation is a great giver of clarity: Bartimaeus needed no time to decide what to do next. “Jesus! Son of David!” he shouted. “Have mercy on me!” (Mark 10:47). The crowd turned to him in disgust. “Shut your mouth, son of filth!” But Ba...

Arms Open Wide: A Call to Linger in the Savior's Presence

Can you hear me? Sighing. You were right. My requiem is well prepared. Still to be written is the poem that is never complete, an endless rubbing on the ink block, an endless dipping of the pen, an endless swoop over the white paper, the poem of my l...

I Called Him Necktie

Writing is a habit, an addiction, as powerful and overmastering an urge as putting a bottle to your lips or a spike in your arm. Call it the impulse to make something out of nothing, call it an obsessive-compulsive disorder, call it logorrhea. Have y...

T.C. Boyle

Donnie Azoff: I got a couple of mil' comin' in like a week. And when it gets in, I'll give you a call and you come pick it up. Brad: You'll give me a call? Donnie Azoff: When it gets here, I'll give you a call and you'll come pick it up. Chantalle: W...

The Wolf of Wall Street

The narrator finds that as a maturing character grows in stature before her friends that she sees less stature while evaluating herself.

The Call of the Canyon

You call me an unbeliever. I shall therefore call you a True Believer since a lie is best met with one of similar magnitude.

Caravan of Dreams

Part of the reason why we feel these transitions so keenly is that we know that our lives matter.

Courage and Calling: Embracing Your God-Given Potential

The antidote to exhaustion may not be rest but wholeheartedness... we are typically exhausted because we are not doing our TRUE work.

Courage and Calling: Embracing Your God-Given Potential

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

The Dhammapada: The Sayings of the Buddha

The call of Christ is a call to live a life of sacrifice and loss and suffering--a life that would be foolish to live if there were no resurrection from the dead.

Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist

When you start with a necessary evil, and then over time the necessity passes away, what's left?

Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy

Forgiveness takes intelligence, discipline, imagination, and persistence, as well as a special psychological strength, something athletes call mental toughness and warriors call courage.

Dare to Forgive: The Power of Letting Go & Moving on

This much I know already: When Tommy and the Big Brains, in whispered, wry asides, talk about Project 88715, they call it something else. They call it the "Adam Project.

Eve & Adam

I called no one, and no one called me. I was suffocating with loneliness. The pain was almost physical. I felt like tearing myself apart. I wanted to escape from my own skin.

Entangled

It has been said that as goes the family, so goes the world. It can also be said that as goes the father, so goes the family.

Family Shepherds: Calling and Equipping Men to Lead Their Homes

The point of the calling was, quite simply, that it was appointed by God to serve neighbors. If along the way some self-fulfillment came as well, there was nothing wrong with that, but it was hardly the point of the calling.

Friendship: Philosophy

Ask not of things to shed their veils. Unveil yourselves, and things will be unveiled.

The Book of Mirdad: The Strange Story of a Monastery Which Was Once Called the Ark

Less possessing-less possessed. More possessing-more possessed. More possessed-less accessed. Less possessed-more accessed.

The Book of Mirdad: The Strange Story of a Monastery Which Was Once Called the Ark

A brick could be used as a logo for a company called Blanket. A right turn signal in the left turn only lane could be used to represent a company called Brick. 

Brick and Blanket

I’m not about to suck your dick so you’ll make a call for me.” “And I’m not making the call so you’ll suck my dick. So, now that we've cleared that up, can you get on with it?

Beg