William Gurnall Quotes

Never was a faithful prayer lost. Some prayers have a longer voyage than others, but then they return with their richer lading at last, so that the praying soul is a gainer by waiting for an answer.

William Gurnall

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: 1617 - 1679

Topics

PrayerSoulWaitingLostNever

I feel my writing comes from a desire to... well, it's motivated by many things, but it's inherently a contradiction in that I'm writing for myself, and it's a very interior journey. On the other hand, I feel that writers do make that interior journey out of a desire to connect.

Jhumpa Lahiri

JourneyMyselfWritingFeelDesire

The reason that everybody likes planning is that nobody has to do anything.

Jerry Brown

PlanningNobodyReasonAnything

My little dog, he did not get ill. It is so funny that people get ill on a boat and dogs do not.

Anna Held

FunnyDogPetPeopleBoatDogs

I have no shame around the fact that I can be shot into suicidal feelings by certain people's treatment of me. I am no different to any other person, I therefore act as I believe any other person should be free to.

Sinead O'Connor

I AmPeopleMeFreeBelieveI Can

A lot of what I've done as Nine Inch Nails has been governed by fear. I was trying to keep the songs in a framework that was tough, and I learnt a lot from Jesus and Mary Chain about how to bury nice pop songs in unlistenable noise - the idea being if you can get behind that wall, you find there's a pearl inside.

Trent Reznor

FearToughTryingYouFindWall

I really like iconoclastic casting. I really do.

Rod Lurie

LikeCastingReallyIconoclastic

Rather than waiting for future trials to determine rules that will impact every citizen, Congress should step in and write a law that takes every American's rights into consideration.

Ron Wyden

FutureStepWaitingLawImpactWill

When you walk, you need the leg to swing back and forth underneath you. It needs to flex at a certain point, then extend as you follow through your gait. Now, that function doesn't really help at all while I'm standing on my dirt bike or snowmobile.

Mike Schultz

WalkBikeHelpYouBackSwing

There is no greater unknown than the sea and no greater mystery than a lost ship.

Clive Cussler

SeaShipMysteryLostUnknownThan

I started to respect older actors when I was young and then contemporary actors later on. Then I learned respect for comedy. When I was first doing theatre, I thought of it as just a means to become Sarah Bernhardt or someone like that. But acting with young people has been a great learning experience.

Anne Meara

LearningRespectGreatExperience

I've made this statement many times: If I would have to do it over again, I would have made known the forthcoming Tet Offensive.

William Westmoreland

OverOffensiveStatementAgainMade

The iPad is far and away the most successful product in its category.

Phil Schiller

ProductSuccessfulAwayFarMost

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