Castellino Quotes & Sayings

As a slow-witted human being I have a very small head and I had better learn to live with it and to respect my limitations and give them full credit, rather than to try to ignore them, for the latter vain effort will be punished by failure. — Edsger Dijkstra

Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did. — Eartha Kitt

A banker is a person who is willing to make you a loan if you present sufficient evidence to show you don't need it. — Herbert V. Prochnow

Child was a new kind of celebrity: She was a woman in her fifties, and she played herself on television. She was real. She made mistakes. Of course she was a masterful cook, but when things went wrong, she embraced the opportunity to use her mistakes to teach - here's what you should do if this happens. — Luke Barr

What I had really trained my brain to do, as much as to memorize, was to be more mindful, and to pay attention to the world around me. Remembering can only happen if you decide to take notice. — Joshua Foer

There's a word for an author who doesn't give up ... published. — J.A. Konrath

I think I fail a bit less than everyone else. — Jack Nicklaus

Janie's hip buzzes again. Maybe
she'll have to have her whole leg amputated, she thinks sadly. That
would really suck. — Lisa McMann

All's well that ends well.'
'Assuming there's an end somewhere,' Aomame said.
Tamaru formed some short creases near his mouth that were faintly reminiscent of a smile. 'There has to be an end somewhere. It's just that nothing's labeled "This is the end." Is the top rung of a ladder labeled "This is the last rung. Please don't step higher than this'?"
Aomame shook her head.
'It's the same thing,' Tamaru said.
Aomame said, 'If you use common sense and keep your eyes open, it becomes clear enough where the end is.'
Tamaru nodded. 'And even if it doesn't'
he made a falling gesture with his finger
'the end is right there. — Haruki Murakami

You are so proud of your intelligence," said the master. "You are like a like a condemned man, proud of the vastness of his prison cell. — Anthony De Mello

The best time to expand is when no one else dares to take risks — Andrew Carnegie