Chapko Lewis Quotes & Sayings

The mercantile business did not suit me. — John James Audubon

Deep joy is a serene and sober emotion, rarely evinced in open merriment. — Madame Roland

In laboring to be concise, I become obscure.
[Lat., Brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio.] — Horace

I'm quite handy with a screwdriver. I like making and fixing things. — Raza Jaffrey

As for the system of the Commune, which makes it impossible for a man to rise or fall, it is merely the old caste system revived; if it could be put into force, all industry would be disheartened, emulation would cease, and mankind would go to sleep. — William Winwood Reade

I am the worst influence. If you can't handle your vices, then I am the Devil. — Tori Amos

Writer's Resolution
Enough's Enough! No more shall I
Pursue the Muse and scorch the pie
Or dream of Authoring a book
When I (unhappy soul) must cook;
Or burn the steak while I wool-gather,
And stir my spouse into a lather
Invoking words like "Darn!" and such
And others that are worse (Oh, much!)
Concerning culinary knack
Which I (HE says) completely lack.
I'll keep my mind upon my work;
I'll learn each boresome cooking quirk;
This day shall mark a new leaf's turning...
That smell! Oh Hell! The beans are burning! — Terry Ryan

Try walking a mile in your enemy's shoes. You'll be a mile away and you'll have his shoes. — Sergio Aragones

One does simply what one can in order to apply what one knows . — Ferdinand Foch

Change is the rule. Permanence is an illusion. — Debasish Mridha

You lose so many material possessions being on the road. You can't get too attached to stuff and you have to remember that people must never become possessions. People are spheres intersecting. You have to make sure that one sphere doesn't ever take over the other. Individuality is absolutely the most important thing — Brian Molko

I don't think it's anything you ever get used to ... for many years, I could never sort of put my name in the same sort of category as the word 'famous' or anything like that. And I just found it very uncomfortable ... if you get used to it, then something must be wrong. — Johnny Depp

If I were to make public these tapes, containing blunt and candid remarks on many different subjects, the confidentiality of the office of the president would always be suspect. — Richard M. Nixon

Always set goals, and work as hard as you can. You'll be amazed at what you can do. — Rick Hansen