Chylak Torby Quotes & Sayings

When a whole nation is roaring patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and the purity of its heart. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Maybe that's the key to happiness - being sort of dumb, not wanting to know any of the answers. — William Styron

It's nice to be in a movie that hasn't been absolutely slaughtered by the press. — James McAvoy

For Jews, the Messiah has never come; for Christians, He has come but once; for modern man, He appears and disappears with increasing rapidity. The saviors of modern man, the "scientists" who promise salvation through the "discoveries" of ethology and sociology, psychology and psychiatry, and all the other bogus religions, issue forth periodically, as if selected by some Messiah-of-the-Month Club. — Thomas Szasz

The natural formation of the country is the soldier's best ally — Sun Tzu

It's awful to have a depression, but it's a great thing to have a depression mentality because it means that we are not speculating, we are not living beyond our means, we don't quit our job to take a big risk because we know we might not get another job. There is something stable about a country, a society built on those values. — Seth Klarman

I'm a highly flawed individual, as we all are, and because I was raised by Jesuits, I'm constantly, 'What is it about me and what I can do to be better?' — Michael Moore

The moment you have children and a mortgage you want things to work; you're locked into the human project and you want it to flourish. — Ian McEwan

Waiting for the German verb is surely the ultimate thrill. — Flann O'Brien

Is your life ruined? Is it such a disaster for people to know the truth about you? — Sophie Kinsella

(A ruler) cannot and should not keep his word when to do so would go against his interests or when the reason he pledged it no longer holds. — Niccolo Machiavelli

Lisa Smith-Batchen, the amazingly sunny and pixie-tailed ultrarunner from Idaho who trained through blizzards to win a six-day race in the Sahara, talks about exhaustion as if it's a playful pet. 'I love the Beast,' she says. 'I actually look forward to the Beast showing up, because every time he does, I handle him better. I get him more under control.' Once the Beast arrives, Lisa knows what she has to deal with and can get down to work. And isn't that the reason she's running through the desert in the first place-to put her training to work? To have a friendly little tussle with the Beast and show it who's boss? You can't hate the Beast and expect to beat it; the only way to truly conquer something, as every great philosopher and geneticist will tell you , is to love it. — Christopher McDougall