30th Bday Quotes & Sayings

Let's call something a rigid designator if in every possible world it designates the same object, a non-rigid or accidental designator if that is not the case. Of course we don't require that the objects exist in all possible worlds ... When we think of a property as essential to an object we usually mean that it is true of that object in any case where it would have existed. A rigid designator of a necessary existent can be called strongly rigid. — Saul Kripke

Doing the easy thing makes you popular. Doing the hard thing makes you a leader. — Rick Warren

Russia depends on natural resources way too much. Russian economy is not diversified enough — Kenneth Rogoff

I always tell our community that we should attract the people Jesus attracted and frustrate the people Jesus frustrated. It's certainly never our goal to frustrate, but it is worth noting that the people who were constantly agitated were the self-righteous, religious elite, the rich, and the powerful. But the people who were fascinated by him, by his love and grace, were folks who were already wounded and ostracized - folks who didn't have much to lose, who already knew full well that they were broken and needed a Savior. — Shane Claiborne

There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you. — William Hazlitt

Its your fundamental right to taste the ultimate fruit of success but don't let your soul die in the process. — Mallika Tripathi

Jesus wants you to come as you are but not stay as you are. — DeBorrah K. Ogans

When society puts some small fraction of its wealth into asking and answering big questions, it reminds us all of the curiosity we have about our universe. And that leads to all sorts of good places. — Sean Carroll

I live for my sons. I would be lost without them. — Princess Diana

break the rules pay the price — Brandon Mull

I want to be able to shoot laser beams out of my hands at people. That's the kind of stuff that you think all bands should do, but they don't, and I can't understand why most bands don't want to do it. — Wayne Coyne