Bertholet Desir Quotes & Sayings

He works in us and with us, not against us or without us; so that his assistance is an encouragement to the facilitating of the work, and no occasion of neglect as to the work itself. — John Owen

I talk so trivially about life because I think that life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about it. — Oscar Wilde

VASTY (As differentiated from "vast") Has approximately the same meaning as "biggy," "hugey," and "giganticky." Do not let anyone tell you these words are not words; all words are words. — Amy Leach

Reality is a powerful solvent. — Tony Judt

Being a monk was the strangest and most perverted way of life imaginable. Monks spent half their lives putting themselves through pain and discomfort that they could easily avoid, and the other half muttering meaningless mumbo jumbo in empty churches at all hours of the day and night. They deliberately shunned anything good - girls, sports, feasting and family life. — Ken Follett

The house was clean, scrubbed and immaculate, curtains washed, windows polished, but all as a man does it - the ironed curtains did not hang quite straight and there were streaks on the windows and a square showed on the table when a book was moved. — John Steinbeck

Perhaps it was more painful to think of a guilty man than of a dead man. — Albert Camus

Once the housing market begins to recover, I would phase out the mortgage tax deduction. — Joshua A. Tucker

Enthusiasm is my superpower. One might say that confidence yields the same result. I disagree. Confidence is about yourself, enthusiasm is about something else. Confidence is impressive, but enthusiasm is infectious. Confidence is serious, enthusiasm is fun. — Tina Roth-Eisenberg

Although adults have a role to play in teaching social skills to children, it is often best that they play it unobtrusively. In particular, adults must guard against embarrassing unskilled children by correcting them too publicly and against labeling children as shy in ways that may lead the children to see themselves in just that way. — Zick Rubin

It can't afford to be hard. it won't allow itself psychologically. — Don DeLillo

When life hands me lemons I hand them back and pick something else. — Behdad Sami