Quotes of: West-point Keyword

Men are pigs. Too bad we own everything.

Tim Allen

I work on my voice through what I have to sing.

Bryn Terfel

Galleries, and they're all the same, and rightly so, they sell work.

Kim Weston

What I do and what I record only work for the moment.

Leon Redbone

The point of your life is to point to Him. Whatever you are doing, God wants to be glorified, because this whole thing is His.

Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God

In order to be company he must display a certain mental activity. But it need not be of a high order. Indeed it might be argued the lower the better. Up to a point. The lower the order of mental activity the better the company. Up to a point.

Company

It was mortifying to find how strong the habit of idle speech may become in one’s self. One need not always be saying something in this noisy world.

The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories

First, I'm a writer; I look at things from a different point of view. The untrained eye is the eye that sees what's been missed. Devon, from The Dragon's Breath by Jenna Lindsey

The Dragon's Breath

Desire creates a starting point. Without it, no magic can be put into action.

Dragonflame: Tap Into Your Reservoir of Power Using Talismans, Manifestation, and Visualization

The point of life isn't to avoid pain. The point of life is to be alive! To feel things. That means the good and the bad. There'll be pain. But also joy, and friendship and love. And it's worth it, believe me.

The Fire Chronicle

What a greater crime. Than loss of time.

Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry as Well for the Champion or Open Countrey, as Also for the Woodland or Several, Mixed in Every Moneth, with Hous

Children become frustrated and resentful when they view their parents as not being interested “in how they feel and in their point of view.

Between Parent and Child: The Bestselling Classic That Revolutionized Parent-Child Communication

A blanket could be used to spot the blind. I’d spot Helen Keller nine points in a ten-point basketball game. 

Brick and Blanket Test in Brick City (Ocala) Florida

A word is like a finger pointing at different things. Do not look at the finger; focus on the essence of the word. Focus on what the finger is pointing at!

Achieve the Impossible - The Golden Lotus Sutras on Spiritual Business Management

Why should I even bother? What's the point, really?" He thought for a moment. "Who says there has to be a point?" he asked. "Or a reason. Maybe it's just something you have to do.

Along for the Ride

From a human point of view, out bodily existence is a fairytale. At any rate, to the inhabitants of the human world, 'heaven' and 'the next world' are both nothing but fables.

Kobato, Volume 4

Spiritual friends help us most when they make clear that their job is to point the way, not to lead the way. And the Way to which they should point is Jesus.

Sacred Companions: The Gift of Spiritual Friendship and Direction

Murder was so trivial in the stories Harold loved. Dead bodies were plot points, puzzles to be reasoned out. They weren't brothers. Plot points didn't leave behind grieving sisters who couldn't find their shoes.

The Sherlockian

The point is, you see," said Ford, "that there is no point in driving yourself mad trying to stop yourself going mad. You might just as well give in and save your sanity for later.

Life, the Universe and Everything

Fuck the drug war. Dropping acid was a profound turning point for me, a seminal experience. I make no apologies for it. More people should do acid. It should be sold over the counter.

Last Words

Ronan taught me that children do not exist to honor their parents; their parents exist to honor them. [...] Ronan was mine but he never belonged to me. This is not an issue of ownership. A child is not a couch.

The Still Point of the Turning World