Jo Bell Quotes

What a man wants is a mate and what a woman wants is infinite security, ’ and, ‘What a man is is an arrow into the future and a what a woman is is the place the arrow shoots off from.

People hide truths about themselves from themselves. Such self-deception is a coping mechanism, and to one extent or another, most people begin deceiving themselves when they're children.

...God created the world in six days. On the seventh day, he rested. On the eighth day, he started getting complaints. And it hasn't stopped since.

Some of the most beautiful things we have in life comes from our mistakes.

If anybody didn't have a messiah complex, it was Jesus

It's ok to be a fool once or twice but never let it be a third time. Be smart and pretend to be a fool and at the end of the hunt make sure you're the one that has the gun.

...the holy men sat in an atmospherereeking of antiquity, so thick with thedust of ages that you can't see through it--nor can they.

It is worth remembering one of the important lessons of the Buck story: a small number of zealous advocates can have an impact on the law that defies both science and conventional wisdom.

The amusements of life, he argued, should be accepted with the same philosophy as its ills. ("The Striding Place")

The trouble about jumping was that if you didn't pick the right number of storeys, you might still be alive when you hit bottom.

because God has spoken, and everything else is commentary.

Write every day. Even if it's only a letter.

If you can write each day, do it, and meet a quota. Minimum 350 words a day. A baboon can do 350 words a day. Don’t be shown up by a baboon

If Duncan was ever into men then he's been so far in the closet he's been living in Narnia.

And you are going to close the gates, because I told you to close the gates.

I take my food very seriously. Whenever I hear that bell, I know Mrs. Norris is hankerin' for some spam.

Those of us who have already chosen to embrace a love ethic, know that when we let our light shine, we draw to us and are drawn to other bearers of light. We are not alone.

I tell them that love is always there–that nothing can keep us from love if we dare to seek it and to treasure what we find.

I do give them to you, " he announced. "Of my free will. Because this is my sword." He laid a hand on Arisa's shoulder. "And Weasle is my shield. What you hold are only pieces of iron.

Terrorism is the war of the weak and war is the terrorism of the strong.

I'm not afraid of dying. I'm afraid I'll never get a chance to live!

…there is not a day of my life that I am not critiquing myself to see if my politics are borne out in the way that I live and the way that I talk and present myself.

Since men are not equals in white supremacist, capitalist, patriarchal class structure, which men do women want to be equal to?

…move from emphasis on personal lifestyle issues toward creating political paradigms and radical models of social change that emphasize collective as well as individual change.

Society's collective fear of love must be faced if we are to lay claim to a love ethic that can inspire us and give us the courage to make necessary changes.

Everything was glowing and shining, and she herself was flying inside that glow. She could do anything. Be anything.

God is always present. We’re the ones who show up.

God is in the best, and also the worst. God is in the presence, and also in the absence. God is in the power, and also in the powerlessness.

Great persons, like great empires, leave their mark on history.

Then, as now, archaelogists and writers ventured where others feared to tread.

When anyone thinks a woman who serves "gives 'cause that's what mothers or real women do, " they deny her full humanity and thus fail to see the generosity inherent in her acts.

And of course I didn't know who would marry me now that I'd been where I had been. I didn't know at all.

The powerful chords that emanated from the radio heated me from the inside out, like a microwave.

I want to get enough [money] to take off the hardships of life and leave me free to follow the ideas that interest me the most.

Once bitten twice shy? Sure, but... why not get a bigger dog and bite them back?

Feminist movement is pro-family.

We can burst the bonds which chain us, Which cold human hands have wrought, And where none shall dare restrain usWe can meet again, in thought.

We cannot know love if we remain unable to surrender our attachment to power, if any feeling of vulnerability strikes terror in our hearts. Lovelessness torments.

WATCH out for your surroundings, UPGRADE your mindset and keep FOCUS.

Rule #1 always look out for yourself first don't nobody love/care for you like you do.

Never Expect Loyalty From A Person That Can't Give You Honesty.

Here today, may be gone tomorrow! Never take anyone or nothing for granted! Be sure to count your blessing daily because tomorrow isn't promised.

You can NEVER be like someone else! Just be yourself and you will find that you'll be much happier that way and accomplish more as well.

People who judge you are often themselves craving approval.

Kindness is contagious. When we are kind, then we inspire others to be kind.

Without compassion, you will never truly connect with another human being.

Harshness is the enemy of gratitude.

Real courage is being kind again, after you've felt that your kindness was thrown in your face. To risk it once more, or even twice more takes a special strength.

Ask yourself, if they getting married, would you be upset if you weren't invited? If the answer is no, then that's an easy name to cross off your list.

Not all the magic of earth is benevolent.