Christalyn Baker Quotes & Sayings

A real secret is something which only one person knows. — Idries Shah

Respect is earned by effort not age, all things age without effort. — C. Sean McGee

Computers operate on simple principles that can be easily understood by anybody with some common sense, a little imagination, and an IQ of 750. — Dave Barry

When we did eventually get to the party - me walking next to Dad's Volvo driving at five miles an hour - I had a horrible time. Everyone laughed at first but then more or less ignored me. In a mood of defiant stuffed oliveness I did have a dance by myself but things kept crashing to the floor around me. The host asked if I would sit down. I had a go at that but it was useless. In the end I was at the gate for about an hour before Dad arrived. — Louise Rennison

It gets too hot in there after a long test," he told Ehren. "The air gets all squishy." "It's called humidity, Tavi," Ehren said. "I haven't slept in almost two days. It's squishy. — Jim Butcher

Man doesn't realize his real purpose on earth so long as he rolls in comforts. It is absolutely true that adversity teaches a man a bitter lesson, toughens his fiber and moulds his character. In other words, an altogether new man is born out of adversity which helpfully destroys one's ego and makes one humble and selfless. Prolonged suffering opens the eyes to hate the things for which one craved before unduly, leading eventually even to a state of resignation. It then dawns on us that continued yearnings brings us intense agony. But the stoic mind is least perturbed by the vicissitudes of life. It is well within our efforts to conquer grief. It's simple. Develop an attitude of detachment even while remaining in the thick of terrestrial pleasures. — V.S. Naipaul

Embrace your inner lunatic. — Derek Landy

Socialism really works under some circumstances. Karl Marx just had the wrong species. — Edward O. Wilson

For want of modesty is want of sense. — Benjamin Franklin

When I direct and have to look at filmed scenes of myself, I suck. — William Shatner

The advantage of the consumer businesses is they tend to be much broader-based, much larger number of customers, that tend to over time be a lot more predictable. The advantage of the enterprise companies is they are not as subject to consumer trend, fad, behavior. — Marc Andreesen

There is no excuse. If you want to write, write.This is your life, you are responsible for it.You will not live forever.Don't wait. Make the time now. — Natalie Goldberg

one. It's the kind of really hard question that comes at the end of the Raven's. — Malcolm Gladwell

The World is quick to label you, but it will take ages to take a stand! — Avijeet Das