Cognoscere Llc Quotes & Sayings

At the age of 21, I had never even stepped on a treadmill. — Nikki Reed

I'm a woman; in so many ways I've been programmed to please. I took the job and spent time hunkered over figures, budgets, charts, and fiscal-year projections. I tried, but I hated it.
"Working at a job you don't like is the same as going to prison every day," my father used to say. He was right. I felt imprisoned by an impressive title, travel, perks, and a good salary. On the inside, I was miserable and lonely, and I felt as if I was losing myself. I spent weekends working on reports no one read, and I gave presentations that I didn't care about. It made me feel like a sellout and, worse, a fraud.
Now set free, like any inmate I had to figure out what to do with the rest of my life. — Kathleen Flinn

Success is when reality catches up to your imagination. — Simon Sinek

You'll notice you don't have both feet on the ground when you don't have any friends around — Stanley Victor Paskavich

I think it's a bad business decision to exclude anybody from your restaurant - but, at the same time, I do believe in private ownership. — Rand Paul

Though the fact that they have to be rebuilt And frequently mortgaged to the hilt Is inclined to take the gilt Off the gingerbread, And certainly damps the fun Of the eldest son. — Noel Coward

Do you think that the day you reach forty you will be any different than you were at thirty-nine or forty-one for that matter? People create little ideas about ages so they can write silly self-help books, stick stupid comments in birthday cards, create names for internet chat rooms and look for excuses for crises that are happening in their life. — Cecelia Ahern

Said once, that the only real duties of government were to prevent crime and preserve contracts, to which I will add one thing since I find myself reluctantly in the twentieth century: and to provide for the common defense. — Harper Lee

It is not good to want a thing too much. It sometimes drives the luck away. You must want it just enough, and you must be very tactful with Gods or the gods. — John Steinbeck

Loyalty is what you focus on and won't give up. — Shannon L. Alder

I let you go," he went on, dipping his head to my neck, and a shiver swept through me. "You were right yesterday. I hurt you. Not like him. Worse. I let you walk out of this house so you could be happy with him. Wasn't that what you wanted? But you're here. I let you go and it killed me to do so, and you're here. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

You alright?' Frey asked him. Crake gave him an accusing glare. 'I thought I'd given up all dignity long ago when I joined this crew,' he said. 'But this? This is a new low, Frey.'
'It's character-building,' said Frey. — Chris Wooding

When my dad died, I developed a nervous habit. He was very shy and quiet, and I was like him. — Crystal Gayle

I love the written word so much, I know it's gonna flow naturally. — Alicia Keys

It's simply wrong to always order [kids] to stop that fighting. There are times when one child is simply defending his rights and damned well should be fighting. — Erma Bombeck