Celui Qui Quotes & Sayings

La socie te ne doit rien exiger de celui qui n'attend rien d'elle. Society should not ask anything of the person who expects nothing from society. — Sydney Samuelson

One of the benefits of being divorced is that you no longer need to listen to your ex's assessment of the appropriateness of your actions. — Amy Dickinson

It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive than would otherwise be so, that the most judicious operations of banking can increase the industry of the country. — Adam Smith

Fear and creativity don't mix well. — John E. Pepper Jr.

Heaven deprives me of a wife who never caused me any other grief than that of her death.
[Fr., Le ciel me prive d'une epouse qui ne m'a jamais donne d'autre chagrin que celui de sa mort.] — Louis XIV

I love sad. Sadness makes you feel more than anything. — Jeff Ament

When I look at him I feel dismayed as I always do at how normal he looks, because surely there should be something--pointed ears or a pair of horns--to warn people of his evilness. — B.A. Paris

Hold yourself in great esteem. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I'm a prosecutor first and foremost, and as a judge, I put people in jail for extended periods of time when that was appropriate. — Eric Holder

If a great man struggling with misfortunes is a noble object, a little man that despises them is no contemptible one. — William Cowper

Too many Muslims are involved in marriages that devolve into an empty observation of duties and an equally vacuous demand for the fulfillment of rights. — Zaid Shakir

Soccer matches should be something special, something people eagerly look forward to, something that brightens life. — P. J. O'Rourke

Suddenly I realize
That if I stepped out of my body I would break
Into blossom. — James Wright

Focus is saying no to 1,000 good ideas. — Steve Jobs

There are lots of trips out there. It's even possible to become a conference groupie, going from one seminar to another and being a Beautiful Evolved Human Being until you start making the people around you want to throw up. — Michael Crichton