Calcote Obituary Quotes & Sayings

An aphorism is a generalization of sorts, and our present-day writers seem more at home with the particular. — Anatole Broyard

Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to morality. — Thomas Sowell

When you realize there's so much you can't control, you get pretty stingy with what you can. — Amy Harmon

Most practical jokes, I'll feel too bad for the other person so I'll stop just before the punchline. — Larry David

The difficulty, in sociology, is to manage to think in a completely astonished and disconcerted way about things you thought you had always understood. — Pierre Bourdieu

Men will clutch illusions when they have nothing else to hold onto. — Czeslaw Milosz

YOUR BEST ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH.
That sounds harsh, and indeed it is. But having worked with the best of the best over the last two decades, I've learned what it takes to be the best.
Anyone can hit excellence for a day, even a week or a month. That's easy. But a high performer is one who does it consistently for years over the course of a career.
You can be talented, work hard, and do all the right things, and it might not be enough. Not anymore. These days, performance is about results. It's not just showing up every day, working hard, and doing the right things. That's great. That's expected. Performance is about showing up every day and hitting the bull's eye regardless of the situation. — Mark Verstegen

Hey this is terrific!" Zaphod said. "Someone down there is trying to kill us! — Douglas Adams

Bodily exercises are to be done discreetly; not to be taken evenly and alike by all men. — Thomas A Kempis

Those who deny the right of a jury to protect an individual in resisting an unjust law of the government, deny him all defence whatsoever against oppression. — Lysander Spooner

Sorrows cannot all be explained away in a life truly lived, grief and loss accumulate like possessions. — Stefan Kanfer

The soul creates, the mind reacts. The soul understands what the mind cannot conceive. — Neale Donald Walsch

Let us prove to the world that good taste, good art, and good writing can be good selling. — William Bernbach

Crisis can go on to a critical point or turning point where deciding factors plays their games. It is a point to surrender or survive, stay alive or die. You can rise above the storm. — Ikechukwu Joseph