quotes about It Is What It Is

“Stop looking for the path of least resistance and start running down the path of greatest glory to God and good to others, because that's what Jesus, the Real Man, did.”

Source : Mark Driscoll, Grace Driscoll (2013). “Real Marriage: The Truth About Sex, Friendship, and Life Together”, p.44, Thomas Nelson Inc

“In those days, we imagined ourselves as being kept in some kind of holding pen, waiting to be released into our lives. And when the moment came, our lives -- and time itself -- would speed up. How were we to know that our lives had in any case begun, that some advantage had already been gained, some damage already inflicted? Also, that our release would only be into a larger holding pen, whose boundaries would be at first undiscernible.”

“Some broad themes brought me where I am today. At a very young age, my hobby became thinking and finding connections.”

“We hear nothing so clearly as what comes out of silence.”

Source : David James Duncan (2012). “River Teeth: Stories and Writings”, p.262, Dial Press

“I have to go on writing because I wouldn't be able to go on without writing. It is the only function that works for me, and without that function, I would die.”

“There is no significant difference between human activities and those by amoebas and even bacteria, well, on the GRAND SCALE.”

“She understood that her heart operated on its own instructions, that she had no control over it or, indeed, anything else.”

Source : Jeffrey Eugenides (2003). “Middlesex”, p.22, A&C Black

“Doing 'Prometheus' was what you imagine being an actor is like when you're five. In a spacesuit, on another planet, getting killed by an alien. It was a real treat; it felt like being a part of movie history.”

“My smiles don't result from good things, they result in good things.”

Source : FaceBook post by Mike Posner from Jul 20, 2016

“Sex is a part of love. You shouldn't go around doing it unless you are in love.”

Source : FaceBook post by Bettie Page from Oct 20, 2014