Americansitenzentest Quotes & Sayings

In large organizations there are discrete functions. I do this; you do that. I swim in my lane; you swim in your lane. That can be very effective for certain processes and in certain stable conditions. But it doesn't work in unstable conditions. — Daniel H. Pink

A man could be in a throne and have no attachment at all; another one could be in rags and have many attachments. — Swami Vivekananda

I think there is no place in the world where I feel closer to the Lord than in one of His holy temples. — Thomas S. Monson

America is militarily overstretched, politically polarized and financially indebted. — Ivan Krastev

For the Humanist, ... head and heart ... must function together ... The constitution of the Phillips Exeter Academy reads: 'Though goodness without knowledge ... is weak and feeble, yet knowledge without goodness is dangerous ... Both united form the noblest character and lay the surest foundation of usefulness to mankind.' — Corliss Lamont

Metaphor is the energy charge that leaps between images, revealing their connections. — Robin Morgan

Good leaders reach solutions, and then stop. They do not dare to rely on force. — Laozi

Truth is, I don't like movies that are only good once; I tend to dismiss them. I like movies that get better the more you watch them. — Drew Goddard

Never give up or back down on the things that fill your soul, Calloway. There is no worse life than a hollow one. — Krista Ritchie

It all remained unreadable for him, though reading, he felt, was not a natural thing and should not be done to people. In general, people were not road maps. People were not hieroglyphs or books. They were not stories. A person was a collection of accidents. A person was an infinite pile of rocks with things growing underneath. — Lorrie Moore

I see you are looking at my feet," he said to her when car was in motion.
"I beg your pardon?" said the woman.
"I said I see you're looking at my feet".
"I beg your pardon. I happened to be looking at the floor," said the woman, and faced the doors of the car.
"If you want to look at my feet, say so," said the young man. "But don't be a God-damned sneak about it."
"Let me out here, please," the woman said quickly to the girl operating the car.
The car doors opened and the woman got out without looking back.
"I have two normal feet and I can't see the slightest God-damned reason why anybody should stare at them," said the young man. — J.D. Salinger

Every man or woman who turns to Christ must bear in mind that they are breaking with their old master, and enlisting under a new leader. Conversion is a revolutionary process. — Theodore L. Cuyler

Efforts to bring about democracy have hit a wall and are going backwards. — John McCain