Banians Quotes & Sayings

When I was born the doctor took one look at my face, turned me over and said, "Look, twins!" — Rodney Dangerfield

I think that a lot of companies are still amazingly price sensitive. — Sanjay Kumar

Before the birth of all things, there existed an undifferentiated whole. A solitary void: unchanging, yet operating everywhere, without exhaustion. It is therefore considered the source of everything. I do not know its true name, although some call it Tao. If compelled to characterize it, I would simply call it great. For to be great implies that it is far-reaching, to be far-reaching implies distance, and to be distant implies returning to the source. Thus the Tao is great, Heaven is great, Earth is great, the wise person is also great. In the universe there are four great ones, and the wise person is one of them. The wise person follows the laws of Earth, Earth follows the laws of Heaven, and Heaven follows the law of Tao. The Tao, with nothing to follow, is natural unto itself. — Lao-Tzu

Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience. — Paulo Coelho

You know what kind of person it takes to run for President? Not normal. They could start out okay, but by the time they reach that level they've sold their soul to the devil so many times and stomped the guts out of enough people that they are definitely not like you and me, not even close. — David Baldacci

The devil never sleeps ... — St. Catherine Of Siena

The world is beautiful and we are going to put the spirit into it. — Hasteen Klah

How slowly one comes to understand anything! — May Sarton

No one can say where a book comes from, least of all the person who writes it. Books are born out of ignorance, and if they go on living after they are written, it's only to the degree that they cannot be understood. — Paul Auster

When you are not practicing, remember somewhere someone is practicing, and when you meet him, he will win. — Peter Bergman

The longer I write, the more important I believe it is to write the first draft as fast as possible. In drafting, I push myself so I am at the edge of discomfort ... Later, it will be time for consideration and reconsideration, slow, careful revision and editing. But on the first draft I have to achieve velocity, just as you do if you want the bike to balance. — Donald Murray

I know who we are, and how we got that way. We are writers. We danced with the words, as children, in what became familiar patterns. The words became our friends and our companions, and without even saying it aloud, a thought danced with them: I can do this. This is who I am. — Anna Quindlen

You're looking for some other Roman, Ben. And that Roman isn't here anymore. Hasn't been for a long time. There's only me. — Sam Hunter