Chiefed Up Quotes & Sayings

I have this massive notebook called IDEAS and another one called PERSONAL IDEAS and another one called CRAZY IDEAS. — Max Levchin

When I heard the news that Steve Jobs had died, my mind flashed back to 1985, when I began my love affair with computers. I was stationed in Moscow for The Associated Press, and I ordered an Apple IIc - by Telex - from a department store in Helsinki, Finland. They express-shipped it to me, a month later, by train. — Andrew Rosenthal

I equate fame towards people who know your work, people who will see your work. But all that stuff, like with the Genies and stuff like that, it was so much fun. It's so much fun and it's nice when it comes, but that's not what it's all about. — Sandra Oh

We won't make ourselves more creative and productive by copying other people's habits, even the habits of geniuses; we must know our own nature, and what habits serve us best. — Gretchen Rubin

The moonlight builds its cold chapel again out of piecemeal darkness. — Jane Hirshfield

Sorry, baby. Let's get out of here, he says, speaking with the intense, strained tones of a man with an erection. — Neal Stephenson

Its sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. — Ten Bears

Optimal results are not achievable without optimal behavior. — Douglas J. Lisle

Speak, or I will put a dint in your hat that even a wizard will find hard to deal with! — J.R.R. Tolkien

As I have said before, I had no illusions about my performing ability. But I did not know that my despair was brought about not because I had no talent but because I did not know how to develop it. — Shinichi Suzuki

People only make us lonelier by reminding us of God. — Flannery O'Connor

Time puts everything in place and gives it value. — Sunday Adelaja

I can't stop thinking about how much better she'd be for him than I am.
But I also kind of want to tear her hair out. — Cynthia Hand

I've come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my personal approach that creates the climate. It's my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess tremendous power to make a student's life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a student humanized or de-humanized. — Haim Ginott

Overscheduled children lose the space to simply be with themselves and learn the art of being alone. In our noisy, busy world, the importance of developing the life skill of solitude, meditation, and quietly being with oneself can not be overstated. — Joshua Becker

I still find new things every night, which is the beauty and fun of live theater. It's a living, breathing art form. — Brandon Uranowitz