Barkleys Quotes & Sayings

Life is not a question of how much happiness we want, it is how happiness uses time to make our wants into need. — Kasey Collin P. Dumdum

Well does he sleep who knows not that his sleep has been broken. — Publilius Syrus

A woman's never too old to make an idiot of herself. It goes along with equality of the sexes and potty parity. — Janet Evanovich

We want big results-sooner rather than later. And we've forgotten that God showers his extraordinary gifts through ordinary means of grace, loves us through ordinary fellow image bearers, and sends us into the world to love and serve others in ordinary callings. Michael Horton, Ordinary, 14 — Michael S. Horton

Those who reproach our ancestors with having been stupidly credulous forget in the first place that one can also be stupidly incredulous, and in the second place that the self-styled destroyers of illusion live on illusions that exemplify a credulity second to none. For a simple credulity can be replaced by a complex one [ ... ] — Frithjof Schuon

I was trained to turn loneliness into laziness. — Bill Callahan

I think it'd be disgraceful if a chap wasn't allowed to have a bit of fun in Las Vegas. The real scandal would be if you went all the way to Las Vegas and you didn't misbehave in some trivial way. — Boris Johnson

It's empowering to be asked to look at what's possible, not told how to do it. — Jack Dorsey

Transition Initiatives are based on four key assumptions:
1. That life with dramatically lower energy consumption is inevitable, and that it's better to plan for it than to be taken by surprise.
2. That our settlements and communities presently lack the resilience to enable them to weather the severe energy shocks that will accompany peak oil.
3. That we have to act collectively, and we have to act now.
4. That by unleashing the collective genius of those around us to creatively and proactively design our energy descent, we can build ways of living that are more connected, more enriching and that recognize the biological limits of our planet. — Rob Hopkins

It's really hard to get a book published, even a good book, but the better the book is the better chance it has of eventually catching someone's attention. — Karen Thompson Walker

Ah, the outdoors,' Shallan said. 'I visited that mythical place once. — Brandon Sanderson

I'm ashamed that Congress finds billions for pork-barrel subsidies but fails to find money for veterans' health care. — John McCain

I'm never touching her again," Austin swore.
"You'll touch her," his brothers said in unison. — Lorraine Heath

I like books. I don't read them. But I like them. — Will Schwalbe