Barbarize Quotes & Sayings

I got active in this business of politics and self-government in 1958 when my father, who was serving in the U.S. Army, took us to the battlefield of Verdun. — Newt Gingrich

Because the universe is not a fairy tale. — Cixin Liu

If I knew I was going to die, I'd do the things on my life list. Why not do them now? — Todd Stocker

I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach. — Stephen Covey

The enemy and his allies are now at the gates of the capitalists' fortress. Is there any hope that the businessman will finally sense the danger to himself and the system of which he is a part and rise to meet the challenge? — Benjamin A. Rogge

It is certain because it is impossible — Tertullian

Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe. — Edmund Burke

I never indulge in rhyme or stanza Unless I'm in bed with the influenza. — Quintus Ennius

Believe it and it will happen. — Michael Strahan

The longing for Paradise is man's longing not to be man. — Milan Kundera

If you have spent any time with Barack Obama, you know he's a funny guy. He's a good guy. He knows sports. — Ed Rendell

A manager of people needs to understand that all people are different. This is not ranking people. He needs to understand that the performance of anyone is governed largely by the system that he works in, the responsibility of management. — W. Edwards Deming

I like to sing ballads the way Eddie Fisher does and the way Perry Como does. But the way I'm singing now is what makes the money. — Elvis Presley

Forty minutes later, I leaned back in my chair, and looked at the thousand or so pages of manuscript towering on my desk. It hit me. Holy cow. This author had total control over this book. Total. And it was one of seven. One. Of. Seven. — Carla Bolte

When discussing complex systems like brains and other societies, it is easy to oversimplify: I call this Occam's lobotomy. — I. J. Good

Spinsterhood is Nature's Own Feminism. — Florence King