Bessesmeyer Quotes & Sayings

Policymakers think that if they get the abstractions right, that will drive behavior in the desired direction. But the world happens in real time. — Sendhil Mullainathan

Sometimes being me is very confusing. — Elizabeth Scott

Prayer is a relationship; half the job is mine. If I want transformation, but can't even be bothered to articulate what, exactly, I'm aiming for, how will it ever occur? Half the benefit of prayer is in the asking itself, in the offering of a clearly posed and well-considered intention. If you don't have this, all your pleas and desires are boneless, floppy, inert; they swirl at your feet in a cold fog and never lift. — Elizabeth Gilbert

People once believed that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens that a terrible sadness is carried with it and the soul can't rest. Then sometimes, just sometimes, the crow can bring that soul back to put the wrong things right. — James O'Barr

The middle path is the way to wisdom — Jalaluddin Rumi

A phoenix ain't nuthin' but a burd. — Cab Calloway

I cannot remember when I became exhausted instead of merely tired. — Michael Marshall Smith

There are so many startups out there raising money. I don't think this is a bad thing. It's a good thing. Entrepreneurship is in vogue. Innovators are innovating. Makers are making. — Fred Wilson

There was some open space between what he knew and what he tried to believe, but nothing could be done about it, and if you can't fix it you've got to stand it. — Annie Proulx

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — Edward Albee

If we close our eyes and look beyond our worst nightmare, we will find a loving God who promises HOPE and a new beginning! — Kathy Goodhew