Batranete Quotes & Sayings

When I used to go to Elvis's house was always a nightmare trying to get into the house because of so many fans outside the gate and he really couldn't go anywhere without sneaking in or doing something because people just wanted to be around him and to be with him. — Jackie DeShannon

The measure of and self-congratulation for our own intelligence should have its basis in our moral behavior as well as our smarts. — April Gornik

The importance of an artist is to be measured by the quantity of new signs which he has introduced to the language of art. — Henri Matisse

We are not entirely sure of the meaning of all of the symbolic stones and their placement. Neither Joseph Smith nor Brigham Young said too much about these. Brigham Young said, Figures (symbols) are reduced to reality, and realities are exhibited by figures, and those who have the Spirit and understand, derive great comfort and consolation from that source. — Loren C. Dunn

They never die, who have the future in them. — Meridel Le Sueur

The Marine Corps assumes maximum ignorance from its enlisted folks. It assumes that no one taught you anything about physical fitness, personal hygiene, or personal finances. I took mandatory classes about balancing a checkbook, saving, and investing. When I came home from boot camp with my fifteen-hundred-dollar earnings deposited in a mediocre regional bank, a senior enlisted marine drove me to Navy Federal - a respected credit union - and had me open an account. When I caught strep throat and tried to tough it out, my commanding officer noticed and ordered me to the doctor. We — J.D. Vance

If you look back at yesterday and think it was a big deal, then you haven't done anything today. — Cat Osterman

It is not the actual greatness of national wealth, but its continual increase, which occasions a rise in the wages of labour. It is not, accordingly, in the richest countries, but in the most thriving, or in those which are growing rich the fastest, that the wages of labour are highest. England is certainly, in the present times, a much richer country than any part of North America. The wages of labour, however, are much higher in North America than in any part of England. — Adam Smith

I can say, Christ has been my only object; thank God, my righteousness too ... Hold fast to Christ. — John Nelson Darby

Cheat me not with time,
with the dull ache of flesh,
for all flesh turns,
even the loveliest
ankle and frail thigh,
to bitterest dust. — Hilda Doolittle

You want to be wanted, and you want people to rely on you. — Tim Howard

Fred gave the Extendable Ear a hearty tug; there was another loud crack and he and George vanished. — J.K. Rowling

Human experience is not nest and orderly, ready to be coded into predetermined categories. Real life is messy — Jennifer Gold

Career politicians do not have the courage to prioritize spending and say no to demanding special interest groups who do not reflect the best interests of the country. — Tom Coburn