Belvetta Quotes & Sayings

Gout, unlike any other disease, kills more rich men than poor, more wise men than simple. Great kings, emperors, generals, admirals and philosophers have all died of gout. — Thomas Sydenham

All of us have good stuff and bad stuff in our lives. In the best of cases, the crap and the pleasure balance out. But comparing your crap with someone else's pleasure and then feeling bad about your circumstances is ridiculous. — Anonymous

When we ask American men and women in uniform to fight for this country and to defend this country's interest and then to send them overseas, there is no question we have an obligation to protect them and provide for their safety. — Byron Dorgan

My paintings don't simply represent what I see; they present viewers with what I want them to see. — Ken Danby

No matter how many people celebrate your gifts, don't ever think that you are more important to them than your gift is to them. This is why many people fail: They fail because they think that people came to follow them. — Myles Munroe

See,' said (Liberty Hyde) Bailey, 'how the leaves of this small plant stand forth extended to bathe themselves in the light ... THese leaves will die. They will rot. They will disappear into the universal mold. The energy that is in them will be released to reappear, the ions to act again, perhaps in the corn on the plain, perhaps in the body of a bird. The atoms and the ions remain or resurrect; the forms change and flux. We see the forms and mourn the change. We think all is lost; yet nothing is lost. The harmony of life is never ending.' The economy of nature provides that nothing be lost. — Russell Lord

Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be. — Gary Hamel

We will allow or forbid them to live with their wives and mistresses, to have or not to have children - all depending on their obedience - and they will submit to us gladly and joyfully. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

If you happen to catch on fire during the show, do not panic or wave your arms around or scream or we wil give something to panic and wave you arms around and scream about. — Demetri Martin

I'm a sucker for 'When Harry Met Sally' and all that romantic stuff. — Jason Fuchs