2016 Quotes Quotes & Sayings

There was a saying on the island: "[I]t is a pity to spoil a good mate by making him a master. — Nathaniel Philbrick

I dislike Ted Cruz as much as the next everyone. But that's no reason to be rude to Ted's loving wife and possible hostage. — Samantha Bee

2016 - I have a good feeling about this! — Charles F. Glassman

Why just work and live for a happy retirement? Why not work and live for a happy life? — Jonathan Anthony Burkett

As a complete product of Issaquah public schools, there is absolutely no way I would be here if I didn't have well-funded arts programs and some great teachers who were constantly pushing me intellectually and personally. — David Call

Value people on their potential, not on their history. — Bo Bennett

Anything man can make, man can destroy. — Jonathan Anthony Burkett

If you allow people to treat you like a doormat, they will expect you to say WELCOME. — Robert Breault

Every lesson is a blessing. — Jonathan Anthony Burkett

Aukeman quotes Norman Mailer:
"No wonder then that these have been the years of conformity and depression. A stench of fear has come out of every pore of American life and we suffer from a collective failure or nerve. The only courage, with rare exceptions, that we have been witness to, has been the isolated courage of isolated people." Welcome to Painterland (2016) Chapter 4, p.108 — Anastasia Aukeman

All art requires is courage and the commitment to eat lots of biscuits. D Ellis / 2016 — David Ellis

Nobody over fifty has got any sense. — Agatha Christie

There are 365 days in a year and you will meet all the colours of life throughout the year: The blue, the black, the pink ... Only blue is not a life, only pink is not a life, only black is not a life! Life is all the colours! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

The soul's house is not built on such a convenient plan; there are few soundproof partitions in it. Only when the conviction - not merely the idea - that the demand of the Spirit, however inconvenient, rules the whole of it, will those objectionable noises die down which have a way of penetrating into the nicely furnished little oratory and drowning all the quieter voices by their din. — Evelyn Underhill

Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth. — Manoj Bhargava

I've never set up any golf course that would favor anybody. I try to make it exactly the opposite, which is what we did at Valhalla when we modernized it to accommodate the lengths players are hitting it today. — Jack Nicklaus

[The dancing] was a challenge. It was fun, though. I was nervous, at first, because I danced so long ago that it was weird picking it back up. — Evan Rachel Wood

A great thank you to my family, friends and to those who supported me through this year of 2016. I also want to give a massive thanks to all those who are diligently spreading my work like a wild fire all over the globe. May God continue to bless you and give you more ability to spread your wings like never before.
I love and I wish you all a great Christmas and a prosperous New Year. — Euginia Herlihy

Who is ever adequate? We all create situations each other can't live up to, then break our hearts at them because they don't. — Elizabeth Bowen

You do realize as you grow older that almost nobody knows what they are talking about. — John Cleese

I have one piece of advice for you: sleep your way to the top. — Arianna Huffington

Dear 2016,

If I had any defeats in your team, I am glad they were on my terms.

Love,
Defeated Winner — Jasleen Kaur Gumber

A moment of clarity

I realise that I stress so much about the past, because I am scared of the future.
It is easier for my mind to occupy itself with troubles of long-ago; rather than greet fears of the unknown tomorrow.
The goal is to be alive now and live in the moment. But there are days when I find this almost impossible to achieve.
Yet knowing this is liberating.

Jane Yates 02/02/2016 — J. Yates

In this day and age we care more about our pride than our lives. — Jonathan Anthony Burkett

Growing up watching friends grow, from friends to lovers. Opens the eyes of many every time. Proving in this lifetime, real love still lives. — Jonathan Anthony Burkett

When I was a child, I lived in Morocco, and I would always buy a lot of beads from the markets and to make jewellery for friends. Later, at 18, I would do my own clothes and make my own patterns. When I first came to New York, people just assumed I was a stylist because I was so into fashion. — Maripol

Dear 2016,

If I has any defeats in your term, I am glad they were on my terms!

Best,
The Defeated Winner — Jasleen Kaur Gumber

I know words. I have the best words. — Donald J. Trump

Treating people with respect is the best way to earn their attention. - SETH GODIN — Jeff Goins