Concierges Magazine Quotes & Sayings

Nowhere is the dog more venerated and cared for than in Zoroastianism. The Avesta and other sacred books say the dog symbolizes sagacity, vigilance and fidelity and is the pillar of the pastoral culture. It must be treated with the utmost kindness and reverence. Every household should not only give food to every hungry dog but the dog should be fed with 'clean food,' specially prepared, before the family itself is fed. At religious ceremonies a complete 'meal of the dog' is prepared with consecrated food and the dog is served before the worshippers join in the communal meal. A prayer is said as the dog eats. — J.C. Cooper

When the hoary old question of nature versus nurture comes around, sides form quickly. — Simon Blackburn

During one memorable meeting, a female employee pointedly asked Bezos when Amazon was going to establish a better work-life balance. He didn't take that well. "The reason we are here is to get stuff done, that is the top priority," he answered bluntly. "That is the DNA of Amazon. If you can't excel and put everything into it, this might not be the place for you. — Brad Stone

All we have is now, this moment. If you live in the future, you'll miss things, right here, right now, and you'll regret it later. — Jessica Therrien

To work without pleasure or affection, to make a product that is not both useful and beautiful, is to dishonor God, nature, the thing that is made, and whomever it is made for. — Wendell Berry

Love didn't deserve the nice reputation it had. — Cornelia Funke

The people who influenced me most were the people who said I would never make it. They gave me a thirst for revenge. — Colin Mochrie

Work all paled into the background as soon as I had a baby. — Chris Hemsworth

Distracting reactions about anything undermine a clear mind about anything else. — David Allen

When you do something "selflish" you'll feel constricted and restricted. You won't be happy. — Frederick Lenz

So I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But what I can argue is that no one should have to die of a disease that is treatable. — Paul Farmer

God is love, and when we pray we are drawing near to love, and all our hatred must melt away like the snow melts when the sun shines on it in spring. Leave Lucien to God, Annette. He rewards both good and evil, but remember, He loves Lucien just the same as He loves Dani. — Patricia St. John

On a movie set that works, you have your father figure, the director, you have your siblings, your other actors. — Richard Gere

I just want to be really clear about this: Anyone who has read Colin Powell's biography - there's an entire section where he talks about experiencing segregation. Colin Powell did not appear when he became head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. That's not how it happened. — Ta-Nehisi Coates

At first, I did stories on people who were maybe just eccentric. Omar was a natural progression from that. — Jon Ronson