Bumsteers Restaurant Quotes & Sayings

We had a dog who was named Pushinka, who was given to my father by a Soviet official. And we trained that dog to slide down the slide we had in the back of the White House. Sliding the dog down that slide is probably my first memory. — John F. Kennedy

There must be a sequence to learning, that perseverance and a certain measure of perspiration are indispensable, that individual pleasures must frequently be submerged in the interests of group cohesion, and that learning to be critical and to think conceptually and rigorously do not come easily to the young but are hard-fought victories. — Neil Postman

[M]editation is the life of of most other duties; and the view of heaven is the life of meditation (559). — Richard Baxter

What is mathematics? Ask this question of person chosen at random, and you are likely to receive the answer "Mathematics is the study of number." With a bit of prodding as to what kind of study they mean, you may be able to induce them to come up with the description "the science of numbers." But that is about as far as you will get. And with that you will have obtained a description of mathematics that ceased to be accurate some two and a half thousand years ago! — Keith Devlin

In my worldview, there are filers, and there are pilers. Filers think alphabetically. Pilers think geologically. — Mary Doria Russell

Standing face to face with a still pissed Nox, I find myself getting pissed, too. Nox just has that effect on me. I swear this guy must've been conceived through back door action. There's no way being that much of an asshole is natural. — Belle Aurora

Don't let the worst people you know dictate your behavior. — Gail Simone

We are all cups, and our destiny is poured according to measures we cannot understand, cannot influence. — Anne Fortier

That's it," Mabel said, getting up. She tossed her napkin on the table. "No. That is not right. I don't know what you just said, but whatever it was, I'm pretty certain it was pure hokum. I don't want to dance. I don't want to hear about your plans for a summer house. I am not your sister. And if I were your sister, I'd have to tell people you'd been adopted as an act of charity. Please, don't get up. — Libba Bray

Since the heart and behavior are so closely linked, whatever modifies behavior inevitably trains the heart. — Tedd Tripp

Trying's good. Trying's sexy," Gage murmured against Brady's ear. "Now try telling me what you need. — Kate Meader

I think 'Make love, not war' might be the most profound statement that's ever been made. — Jorja Fox

Our present political world-view, current in Germany, is based in general on the idea that creative, culture-creating force must indeed be attributed to the state. — Adolf Hitler

There is too little idea of personal responsibility; too much of "the world owes me a living," forgetting that if the world does owe you a living, you must be your own collector. — Theodore Newton Vail

The question for Obama is how he can rein in the furies of populism while making us all feel the malefactors of great wealth are being sufficiently punished. — Tina Brown