Chula Vista Quotes & Sayings

I don't think the process of writing books is in any way sensible. It's not logical, and it's not reasonable. I do write very fast, and I just do it in a binge. Other people binge-drink; I binge-write. — Kerry Greenwood

What a privilege it is to be an American! — Thomas Starr King

Amiens was taken by the Fox, and retaken by the Lion. — George Herbert

I cannot believe that any man who deserved fame ever labored for it; that is, directly. For, as fame is but the contingent of excellence, it would be like an attempt to project a shadow, before its substance was obtained. — Washington Allston

Democracy means the belief that humanistic culture should prevail. — John Dewey

Competition in rowing doesn't just come from other countries. It comes from Wall Street, med school, law school. You think Harvard and Princeton grads want to live in Chula Vista? — Mike Teti

That is the way with people ... If they do you wrong, they invent a bad name for you, a good name for their acts and then destroy you in the name of virtue. — Zora Neale Hurston

In crowds we have unison, in groups harmony. We want the single voice but not the single note; that is the secret of the group. — Mary Parker Follett

What is the life of man! Is it not to shift from side to side? From sorrow to sorrow? To button up one cause of vexation! And unbutton another! — Laurence Sterne

Some people are incapable of love - they have calloused souls ... — John Geddes

Man is an over-complicated organism. If he is doomed to extinction he will die out for want of simplicity. — Ezra Pound