Articon Quotes & Sayings

Cuvier had even in his address & manner the character of a superior Man, much general power & eloquence in conversation & great variety of information on scientific as well as popular subjects. I should say of him that he is the most distinguished man of talents I have ever known on the continent ... — Humphry Davy

I automatically assume people won't like me, so I don't talk to them unless they approach me first. I can't become a part of a crowd because I can't get past that feeling that I don't belong. — Stephanie Kuehnert

Words could never satisfy me, but life satisfies me. — Marty Rubin

She was his and he was hers. They had under-the-skin privileges. — Nalini Singh

Pulverized by literature,' thought Miss Laburnum. 'The ideal way for a librarian to die. — Margaret Mahy

Any nation which for an extended period puts pleasure before liberty is likely to lose the liberty it misused. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

According to John Shook, "'Go see, ask why, show respect' is the way we turn the philosophy of scientific empiricism into actual behavior." It's an expression he originally learned from Fujio Cho (past president and chairman of Toyota). In an LEI blog, Shook went on to say, "We go observe what is really happening (at the Gemba where the work takes place), while showing respect for the people involved, especially the people who do the real value-creating work of the business. — Michael Bremer

Vader deactivated his lightsaber, picked up the comm, opened the channel, and let the sound of his respirator carry over the connection. — Kevin Hearne

Some of my friends said, 'You are nuts.' But I think I am right. — George Nethercutt

And that is true in 85 percent of kids; it's kids who live in old, dilapidated, mostly urban housing. But that still leaves 15 percent of the cases that occur in middle- or upper-class families, usually associated with home renovations. People are sanding paint, removing banisters, cleaning up windowsills, and they don't realize that they're spewing lead dust around in the house. And then the kids get it. — Deirdre Imus