Bejayzus Quotes & Sayings

Life is complex and prone to being pedantic
Always little things crawl, flutter
and creep in.
Nesting in cracks in our psyches
Gibbering, whispering and scratching
on sanity's walls.
Messages without form or reason
Teasing us to come out
And blend in. — Neil Leckman

When a man is in love or in debt, someone else has the advantage. — Bill Ballance

Confidence is key. You're not going to leave your money with me unless you're confident I'm going to give it back to you. And at this point, when treasury bills, seven day treasury bills at 1/20th of one percent, it's not because people want to earn 1/20th of one percent, it's because they trust the fact the treasury will give it back to them next week. — Howard Warren Buffett

Manage by objectives. Tell people exactly what you want them to do and then get out of their way. — Brian Tracy

We are to pray in times of adversity, lest we become faithless and unbelieving. We are to pray in times of prosperity, lest we become boastful and proud. We are to pray in times of danger, lest we become fearful and doubting. We need to pray in times of security, lest we become self-sufficient. — Billy Graham

I thought about my personal version of heaven, which is small and calm and features only one angel, who cannot sing. — Nick Harkaway

The idea that we industrialized humans are immune to the natural laws that have restrained growth in other species-and humans in past social regimes-is to me so self-servingly blind as to be morally reprehensible. — Richard Heinberg

When I grow up, I want to be an honest lawyer so things like that can't happen. — Richard M. Nixon

Evaluate. Long experience had taught me to evaluate and assess. When the unexpected gets dumped on you, don't waste time. Don't figure out how or why it happened. Don't recriminate. Don't figure out whose fault it is. Don't work out how to avoid the same mistake next time. All of that you do later. If you survive. — Lee Child

I didn't want to want him, but it was like choosing not to breathe. It just wasn't possible. My soul kept fighting for him like my lungs would for air. — Stormy Smith

So, you actually cooked tonight? He regards me skeptically. I snort. Because snorting is attractive. — Katja Millay

A song is like a saddle: you ride it for a while, and if it's the right kind of song you can sing it for the rest of your life. — Glen Hansard

Minsk! How pissed-off that sounded! It was great. You could scare the bejayzus out of someone if you said it right. — Marian Keyes