About

My own little world :-)

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

Favorite saying

• "He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. - I John 4:8 Mommy, I love you. - Cambria Maybe it's time we got back to the basics of love. - Waylon Jennings I'm very much in love with no one in particular. - Ezra Miller I JUST WANT TO BE WITH MY KID. - Tina Fey, Bossypants Time flies when I'm with you. - Mitch Albom God creates men, but they choose each other. - Machiavelli Great love and great achievements involve great risk. - Dalai Lama The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening. It is a little star-dust caught, a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched. - Henry David Thoreau You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free. - Thich Nhat Hanh Love her, but leave her wild. - Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird Aunt Cora was not mentally ill! She was athletic! - Emily, Gilmore Girls I do not mind that you are a girl, but the main thing is that you do not mind. There is no reason for it. - Albert Einstein, in response to a fan letter dated 9/19/1946 from Tyfanny, a young female scientist that said she always regretted being a girl. You have to actually get off the couch. - Cambria We, writers, painters, sculptors, architects and passionate devotees of the hitherto untouched beauty of Paris, protest with all our strength, with all our indignation in the name of slighted French taste, against the erection…of this useless and monstrous Eiffel Tower … to bring our arguments home, imagine for a moment a giddy, ridiculous tower dominating Paris like a gigantic black smokestack, crushing under its barbaric bulk Notre Dame, the Tour Saint-Jacques, the Louvre, the Dome of les Invalides, the Arc de Triomphe, all of our humiliated monuments will disappear in this ghastly dream. And for twenty years … we shall see stretching like a blot of ink the hateful shadow of the hateful column of bolted sheet metal. - Committee of 300 My tower will be the tallest edifice ever erected by man. Will it not also be grandiose in its way? And why would something admirable in Egypt become hideous and ridiculous in Paris? - Gustave Eiffel It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... - Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities It's a paradise, and it's a war zone. - Zayn, Pillowtalk Trying times are for trying new things. - Jane Pauley All the world's a stage. - William Shakespeare Creative entitlement simply means believing that you are allowed to be here, & that - merely by being here - you are allowed to have a voice and a vision of your own. The poet David Whyte calls this sense of creative entitlement “the arrogance of belonging.” - Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic If the beat is time, flow is what we do with that time, how we live through it. The beat is everywhere, but every life has to find its own flow. - Jay-Z, Decoded God grant me serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can*, and wisdom to know the difference. - Reinhold Niebuhr *Me: and should But now I guess I'm going to have to play the mom card. - Lorelai, Gilmore Girls Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. Love doesn't want what it doesn't have. Love doesn't strut, doesn't have a swelled head, doesn't force itself on others, isn't always "me first", doesn't fly off the handle, doesn't keep score of the sins of others, doesn't revel when others grovel, takes pleasure in the flowering of truth, puts up with anything, trusts God always, always looks for the best, never looks back, but keeps going to the end. - 1 Corinthians 13: 4-7 Don't pick on people, jump on their failures, criticize their faults - unless, of course, you want the same treatment. That critical spirit has a way of boomeranging. It's easy to see a smudge on your neighbor's face and be oblivious to the ugly sneer on your own. - Matthew 7:1 You sure look pretty in your glass house. - Kacey Musgraves, Step Off This is a different form. - Jess, New Girl Don't criticize what you don't understand, son. You never walked in that man's shoes. - Elvis Presley Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly. - Epictetus Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you're a human being, you feel, you suffer. - Marilyn Monroe Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them. - Immanuel Kant There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing. - Aristotle Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them. - Margaret Atwood Lies, damned lies and statistics. - Mark Twain ...millions of people to offer advice and say how I should be, but they're twisted and they will never be any influence on me...you will always be... - Sinead O'Connor, The Emperor's New Clothes When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew. - William Shakespeare You know I love the players and you love the game. - Taylor Swift, Blank Space ...your eyes look like coming home. - Taylor Swift, Everything Has Changed I was there when you were young and strong and perverted, and everything that makes a young man a star...oh, you were a star. - Chantal Kreviazuk, Surrounded I want to wake up where you are. I won't say anything at all. - The Goo Goo Dolls, Slide A sex symbol becomes a thing... I just hate to be a thing. - Marilyn Monroe Thr University of Texas is now your alma mater. The Eyes of Texas will always be upon you. - Bill Powers No matter where you go in life, you'll always be a Longhorn. - President Gregory L. Fenves to the Class of 2016 Man must be disciplined, for he is by nature raw and wild. - Immanuel Kant I'll hire the muscular descendants of Roman gods to do the heavy lifting. - Frances, Under the Tuscan Sun It's easy to be an intellectual with a mute wife. - Erica Jong If Marilyn is in love with my husband it proves she has good taste, for I am in love with him too. - Simone Signoret I think Marilyn is bound to make an almost overwhelming impression on the people who meet her for the first time. It is not that she is pretty, although she is of course almost incredibly pretty, but she radiates, at the same time, unbounded vitality and a kind of unbelievable innocence. I have met the same in a lion-cub, which my native servants in Africa brought me. I would not keep her, since I felt that it would in some way be wrong...I shall never forget the almost overpowering feeling of unconquerable strength and sweetness which she conveyed. I had all the wild nature of Africa amicably gazing at me with mighty playfulness. - Karen Blixen You're more than meets the eye Girl you pterodactyl fly. - Tyler James Williams, Don't Run Away Hot sauce in my bag, swag. - Beyoncé, Formation No matter how good she looks - no matter how sweet she talks - somebody, somewhere is sick and tired of putting up with her s**t. - Anonymous I love technology, but not as much as you, you see... but I STILL love technology... always and forever. - Kip, Napoleon Dynamite Sometimes it's nice to be in the hands of a control freak. - Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you. - Lao Tzu Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained. - Lao Tzu Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too. - Will Smith Let no man pull you low enough to hate him. - Martin Luther King, Jr. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. - Booker T. Washington Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil. - Machiavelli Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you. - Marilyn Monroe Two middle fingers for the haters. - G-Eazy & Kehlani, Good Life The time is always right to do what is right. - Martin Luther King, Jr. You can either give negativity power over your life or you can choose happiness instead. Take control and choose to focus on what is important in your life. Those who cannot live fully often become destroyers of life. - Anais Nin All happiness is in the mind. - fortune cookie I only wanted to see you laughing in the purple rain. - Prince (he was vegan) All human history attests that happiness for man, the hungry sinner! Since Eve ate apples, much depends on dinner. - Lord Byron, Don Juan, Canto XIII, stanza 99 The ideal human diet looks like this: Consume plant-based foods in forms as close to their natural state as possible ("whole" foods). Eat a variety of vegetables, fruits, raw nuts and seeds, beans and legumes, and whole grains. Avoid heavily processed foods and animal products. Stay away from added salt, oil and sugar. Aim to get 80 percent of your calories from carbohydrates, 10 percent from fat, and 10 percent from protein. - T. Colin Campbell, PhD, Whole ...eating greens is like eating light. - Alicia Silverstone, The Kind Diet I thank my God upon every remembrance of you. - Philippians 1:3 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. - 2 Timothy 1:7 Three things will last forever - faith, hope, and love - and the greatest of these is love. - 1 Corinthians 13:13 “There is no love which does not become help,” taught the theologian Paul Tillich. - Elizabeth Gilbert, Big Magic You want love, we'll make it. - John Mayer, Your Body Is A Wonderland As you wish. - Wesley, Princess Bride Use harms and even destroys beauty. The noblest function of an object is to be contemplated. - Miguel de Unamuno The things she does make it seem like love. If it's just a game...then I like the way that we play. - The Maine, Into Your Arms There's an art to life's distractions. - Hozier, Someone New Beauty's where you find it. - Madonna, Vogue Everybody needs beauty as well as bread. – John Muir Everyone needs a Buffer. - Tina Fey, Bossypants The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty and Truth. - Albert Einstein The kinder and more thoughtful a person is, the more kindness they can find in other people. - Leo Tolstoy Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them. - Dalai Lama Running is about finding your inner peace, and so is a life well lived. - Dean Karnazes Run hard when it's hard to run. - Paavo Nurmi ...yes, I'm still running. - U2, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For Speed is sex... distance is love. - David Blaikie Like I said. - Jay-Z, RUN Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! - Patrick Henry Oh, I wish I could, but I don't want to. - Phoebe, Friends Unfortunately, I am involved in a freedom ride protesting the loss of the minority rights belonging to the few remaining earthbound stars. All we demanded was our right to twinkle. - Marilyn Monroe I'm not allowed to insult guests directly. - Bernard, Megamind Assassination is the extreme form of censorship. - George Bernard Shaw Constant development is the law of life, and a man who always tries to maintain his dogmas in order to appear consistent drives himself into a false position. - Gandhi Such seems to be the disposition of man, that whatever makes a distinction produces rivalry. - Samuel Johnson To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. - George Washington Whoever tells you to exist for the state is, or wants to be, the state. - Ayn Rand Tiffany Case: Darling, why are we suddenly staying in the Newlywed Suite at the Whyte House? James Bond: In order to form a more perfect union. - Diamonds Are Forever James Bond: So you want me to be half-monk, half-hitman. M: Any thug can kill. I need you to take your ego out of the equation. - Casino Royale Vesper Lynd: I'm afraid I'm a complicated woman. James Bond: That is something to be afraid of. - Casino Royale James Bond: I'm sorry I'm not sorry. - Casino Royale Every game is a new game. - Ian Kinsler Prove it. - Ian Kinsler's tattoo Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. - Vince Lombardi Know your role. - Chad Hennings It takes a village. - Hillary Clinton Details make the design. - Charles Eames He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command. - Machiavelli Hair movement is a sign of weakness. - Jack Donaghy, 30 Rock I feel so rich. And suddenly in complete agreement with everything Bush has to say. - Lorelai, Gilmore Girls That's a joke-lie. - Tina Fey, Bossypants The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. - Bertrand Arthur William Russell Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle. - Steve Jobs Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water, or do you want a chance to change the world? - Steve Jobs, to John Sculley when recruiting him from Pepsi, Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Fools chase love around so desperately 'til they end up all alone. Shouldn't love come more naturally, like a river cuts into a stone? - Stoney Larue, Love You for Loving Me No touching Tyanna*. - Me (*or Cambria - bubble, people, please) Courage and grace are a formidable mixture. - Marlene Dietrich With enough courage, you can do without a reputation. - Rhett Butler, Gone With The Wind Sometimes I color inside the lines. It really depends on the picture. - Ramona, Ramona and Beezus There is not a liberal America and a conservative America. There is the United States of America. There is not a black America, a white America, a Latino America, an Asian America. There’s the United States of America. - Barack Obama Mommy, can you fix my nails and read me a story? - Cambria Art washes from the soul the dust of every day life. - Pablo Picasso Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is. - Jackson Pollock I am my own experiment. I am my own work of art. - Madonna I am still learning. - Michelangelo at 87 yrs There are always flowers for those who want to see them. - Henri Matisse Have nothing in your homes that you do not know to be useful and believe to be beautiful. - William Morris This is God's Message, the God who made earth, made it livable and lasting, known everywhere as God: "Call to me and I will answer you. I'll tell you marvelous and wondrous things that you could never figure out on your own." - Jeremiah 33:3 He hates double talk, but he's really good at it. - Logan, Gilmore Girls Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers. - Garth Brooks But already my desire and my will were being turned like a wheel, all at one speed, by the Love which moves the sun and the other stars. - Dante A great flame follows a little spark. - Dante Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve...you only need a heart full of grace. - Martin Luther King, Jr. Cultivate your own relationship with God, but don't impose it on others. You're fortunate if your behavior and your belief are coherent. But if you're not sure, if you notice that you are acting in ways inconsistent with what you believe - some days trying to impose your opinions on others, other days just trying to please them - then you know that you're out of line. If the way you live isn't consistent with what you believe, then it's wrong. - Romans 14:22-23 If we are to survive, we must have ideas, vision and courage. Everything that matters in our intellectual and moral life begins with an individual confronting his own mind and conscience in a room by himself. - Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., War and the American Presidency I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching. - Ralph Waldo Emerson [Religions] "have become so overlaid with extraneous matter that their spiritual substance has become almost completely obscured", that they have become "to a large extent ... divisive rather than unifying forces" and become "themselves part of the insanity". - Elkhart Tolle’s Wikipedia article With the breath, we are never alone. - Christy Turlington, Living Yoga Yoga is the poetry of movements. - Amit Ray Therefore be great, not proud - too great to be proud. Let not thine eyes rove, peep not in corners. Let thine eyes look straight before thee, as befits the simplicity of power. And in thy closet carry state. Filled with light, walk therein. And as a king would do no treason to his own empire, so do not thou to thine. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Grothi Seauton (Know Thyself) V How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being? - Oscar Wilde ...with a little bit too much to say. - Rihanna, Higher I'm not exactly what you want me to be. I make a great me. - Me :-) I'm for counting all my blessings when the wolf is at my door. You don't have to guess what I'm against...you know what I'm for. - Pat Green It's like a finger pointing at the moon. Do not concentrate on the finger or you will miss all of the heavenly glory! Never take your eyes off your opponent...even when you're bowing! - Bruce Lee, Enter the Dragon Nature loves simplicity and unity. - Johannes Kepler Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise. - Philippians 4:8"