Batiestesia Quotes & Sayings

As I talk about strengths and weaknesses in academic economics, one interesting fact you are entitled to know is that I never took a course in economics. And with this striking lack of credentials, you may wonder why I have the chutzpah to be up here giving this talk. The answer is I have a black belt in chutzpah. I was born with it. — Charlie Munger

There is nothing like been consumed by the blazing fire of untold story. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Peace is found with honesty among wicked men. — Benjamin DeHaven

Inherent in every living thing is an insatiable hunger, the innate desire to express life by freely and fully being "what" it was uniquely created to be. To personalize this, consider the possibility that there was a time when you were a "what" before you were a "who." If you can wrap your mind around that possibility, then, the question to explore is, what were you before you became a who - and why did you become the who you uniquely are when there are so many other "who"s on the planet you might have been? While this may seem like a bit of a paradoxi- cal tongue twister, it is the quintessential question that requires exploration if you are to follow your true North Star back to your point of origin, where you'll find your authentic self waiting to weave itself into the fabric of your human life today and every day. — Dennis Merritt Jones

I never hear about dear Mike. I wrote Ellen Greene and asked about him and she replyed and never mentioned Mike but told me all about her roomatism. As if I cared about her roomatism. — L.M. Montgomery

What is Man? Man is a noisome bacillus whom Our Heavenly Father created because he was disappointed in the monkey. — Mark Twain

I love you - but don't touch me. — Janet Jackson

So much has been written about me, and people don't know what's right and what's wrong. I'd rather let them stay confused. — Prince

At my age, any day above ground and vertical is a good day. — Anthony Hopkins

I was backstage in Paris and saw Cindy Crawford doing House Of Style. I thought, I would love to to be in control of my career. — Tyra Banks

Some time ago, I told Larry King that I planned to live to be 102. I still do. — Maureen O'Hara

I have never advocated war except as a mean of peace — Ulysses S. Grant

I'd like to be more forgiving. There are times when I've had a hard time forgiving people who have betrayed me. — Amy Tan

He saw the pleasure you took from your job every day of his life, and THAT was what he wanted. — David Halberstam

The Creator puts life into motion, and doesn't just sit around all day moving each and every piece this way and that on his whims. If life was just one gigantic board game, God isn't the banker or the leader, or even a collection of all the players. God is just the one who invented the game. You can be pissed all you want when something awful or even evil happens during the game, but you have no right to go and sue Milton Bradley. — Sean Patrick Brennan