Desson Thomas Quotes & Sayings

OVER THE PAST two generations, America has suffered a quiet catastrophe. That catastrophe is the collapse of work - for men. In the half century between 1965 and 2015, work rates for the American male spiraled relentlessly downward, and an ominous migration commenced: a "flight from work," in which ever-growing numbers of working-age men exited the labor force altogether. — Nicholas Eberstadt

Do you guys remember that time when we were all definitely going to die and then Ben grabbed the steering wheel and dodged a ginormous freaking cow and spun the car like the teacups at Disney World and we didn't die? — John Green

As men get on in life, they acquire a love for sincerity, and somewhat less solicitude to be lulled or amused. In the progress ofthe character, there is an increasing faith in the moral sentiment, and a decreasing faith in propositions. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Every second you think meaningless, makes your minutes less productive and take you hours behind — Ankit Goel

The Dreamers of today, would rather live white than live free. In the Dream they are Buck Rogers, Prince Aragorn, an entire race of Skywalkers. To awaken them is to reveal that they are an empire of humans and, — Ta-Nehisi Coates

I don't want to go down in history as a man who allowed blood to be shed. — Eduard Shevardnadze

God often uses failure to make us useful. When Jesus called the disciples, He did not go out and find the most qualified and successful people. He found the most willing, and He found them in the workplace. He found a fisherman, a tax collector, and a farmer. The Hebrews knew that failure was a part of maturing in God. The Greeks used failure as a reason for disqualification. Sadly, in the Church, we often treat one another in this way. This is not God's way. We need to understand that failing does not make us failures. It makes us experienced. It makes us more prepared to be useful in God's Kingdom -- if we have learned from it. And that is the most important ingredient for what God wants in His children. — Os Hillman

You grieve Not that heaven does not exist but That it exists without us — W.S. Merwin

Happiness doesn't come from big pieces of great success, but from small advantages hammered out day by day. — Jim Rohn

Because the earth is walking in the space, even when we sit on the earth, we are still walking! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

The notion that graduate school is a specialized training ground for future professors has been untenable for more than two generations, but the antiquated structure of graduate education marks our collective longing for a brief postwar golden age when a job as a professor was waiting for anyone with a doctorate. This — Leonard Cassuto

The traveller's-eye view of men and women is not satisfying. A man might spend his life in trains and restaurants and know nothing of humanity at the end. To know, one must be an actor as well as a spectator. — Aldous Huxley

Art actually happens somewhere in the space between clarity and ambiguity, concept and intuition, thought and feeling. — Bert Dodson

Is not prayer a study of truth, a sally of the soul into the unfound infinite? No man ever prayed heartily without learning something. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nobody gets high or drunk while they on the clock. And nobody is to be strapped while they're on the grind, just in case the boys roll up," Butch said repeating the rules. "And what's the main rule?" Butch raised his hand and said, "Chief, the crew is to be clean at all times while on the clock." "Remember those rules and you'll last long in this business, — Silk White