Brainerds Carpet Quotes & Sayings

Nothing can be taught to a man, only it's possibly to help him to discover it inside. — Galileo Galilei

If a life could have a theme song - and I believe every worthwhile one has - mine is a religion, an obsession, a mania or all of these expressed in one word - individualism. I was born with that obsession, and I've never seen and do not know now a cause more worthy, more misunderstood, more seemingly hopeless and tragically needed. — Ayn Rand

Phil and Hannah had decided that Christian guilt was better than bad math — Rhoda Janzen

My ability to throw a baseball was a gift. It was a God-given gift. And I am truly appreciative of that gift. — Nolan Ryan

Creativity is not a substitute for competence. — Mason Cooley

He was watching her, testing the edges of her emotions and believing she was unaware of what he was doing. So she gave him the emotion he craved most from her, need. She couldn't say it , couldn't make the first move. She counted on him to do that. It absolved her of responsibility for the mistake she intended to make. — Melissa Marr

People say they need freedom, but in fact, nobody wants freedom. — Ryunosuke Akutagawa

A writer friend who was born in England summed up her feelings for the semicolon in a remark worthy of Henry James: "There is no pleasure so acute as that of a well-placed semicolon." I guess the opposite of that is that there is no displeasure so obtuse as that of an ill-placed semicolon. — Mary Norris

The greatest evils and the worst of crimes is poverty; our first duty, a duty to which every other consideration should be sacrificed, is not to be poor. — George Bernard Shaw

My dissertation was on the idea of feminine-themed women's magazines, so like how the ideal woman is put across by women's magazines. — Lauren Mayberry

You know, when you see a haircut of yourself from around 12 or 13, it's rough. I also had really bad acne. Where I had to take this medicine - serious medicine - with warning on the label, like, "Do NOT take this if you are pregnant." Thank God I wasn't pregnant at the time. But yeah, I just had bad haircuts, bad acne, and bad clothes for a long time. And probably still right now. — Rob Huebel