Dietzel Quotes & Sayings

Maybe that's why I get frustrated sometimes, because there's no one to blame for how our lives have turned out. I wouldn't change any of the things I've done, but at the same time I wish things were different than they are. I have no regrets, but there's also no satisfaction in where I am. — Chris Dietzel

If these same people were evacuating from a building during a fire alarm I would have surely joined them, so why did I sit idly by as they left this neighborhood? — Chris Dietzel

You can't appreciate the world you live in and know if it's better or worse than previous generations unless you know your history. — Chris Dietzel

She wasn't here to gawk. She was an infiltrator, a sneak, an ugly. And she had a mission. — Scott Westerfeld

You can learn more character on the two-yard line than anywhere else in life. — Paul Dietzel

If asking for a sign is asking for too much, how else are you supposed to truly believe on your own? The only other way is to believe what you are told, and that hasn't worked for her. — Chris Dietzel

The power of mankind has always been in overlooking the finality of things and holding onto optimism even when doing so seems foolish. — Chris Dietzel

The difference between a hero and an also-ran is the guy who hangs on for one last gasp. — Paul Dietzel

Scared people don't really mean what they say, they're just looking for ways to rationalize everything so they have someone or something to blame. They need to have a reason for what's happening because when they have that they can take comfort in knowing it's out of their control. — Chris Dietzel

It's a short trip from the penthouse to the outhouse. — Paul Dietzel

You will find, as you get older, that the key to being happy is being able to turn those bad memories into treasured ones. I used to cringe at the thought of you being angry with us. Now, you couldn't give me all the gold in the world to take that memory away, because it reminds me of the type of person you were and still are. — Chris Dietzel

Anything said is gone as soon as it leaves my lips. Things written down at least have a chance to leave a soft echo of what had been. — Chris Dietzel

Please, let God understand why I'm doing this; and, Please, don't let there be a God if he sends all murderers to hell; and, Please, let something happen so I don't have to keep doing this. — Chris Dietzel

Leadership is the ability to lift and inspire. — Paul Dietzel

It doesn't take a genius to figure out that you can only tinker with the natural order of things for so long before nature gets the last laugh. — Chris Dietzel

It's amazing how much one person can stand if there are only small changes from one day to the next. — Chris Dietzel

Time is denial's mortal enemy and is always victorious against it. — Chris Dietzel

Why couldn't he see the tragedy of what was unfolding? Was it because it was too painful, or was it because holding onto hope and dying was better than living if it meant you were forced to see the world for what it was? — Chris Dietzel

A government that trusts its people is powerful only if the people also trust their government. A government that does not trust its people is only powerful if it knows exactly what everyone is doing at all times. — Chris Dietzel

There are no office hours for champions. — Paul Dietzel

There was no better way to feel powerful than to make others feel powerless. — Chris Dietzel

Everyone wants something miraculous to have faith in. — Chris Dietzel

How just it would be if for our final reward we were to be made the masters of time, and if those we love could come alive again not just in memory, but in truth. — Mark Helprin

Look, I am a Palestinian elected representative from Jericho. If a Palestinian wants to sell his fruit anywhere in the West Bank, he goes to the Israeli civil administration. If a Palestinian sick person wants to leave a hospital, he goes through the Israeli civil administration. Nobody can leave or enter my constituency without Israeli permission. Israel is, in effect, resuming the occupation. — Saeb Erekat

Maybe life is measured by the first time you question your place in the world and by the final answer you come up with. — Chris Dietzel

So, what made you decide to get a cat?
Oh, you know. I nearly had a one-night stand with our professor, but ran away using my imaginary cat as an excuse, and now he might want us to be together together even though it's the worst idea ever, but I kind of don't care either, because my body and probably my heart are telling me it's the best idea ever. So now I need a cat so he won't realize I was lying about the cat because I'm a virgin and chickened out of having sex with him. — Cora Carmack

At least in a casino, depending on the game, people have a slightly less than fifty percent chance of winning. In the long run, the house always wins, but a gambler can get lucky every once in a while. In the Tyranny's elections, both options play for the house. If someone outside of Party A or B tries to run for office, it becomes the house's mission to make sure everyone knows that only A and B are viable candidates. After being told this a hundred times, people believe it. After being told anything a hundred times, people will believe anything. — Chris Dietzel

one would expect to see a flow of investments in Africa from other countries, especially China and other Asian nations. — Thomas Piketty

There always had to be a survivor. Maybe this simply spoke to the optimism of the men writing those screenplays; even with an uncomfortable sci fi plot they had to subconsciously comfort themselves by thinking that at least a hundred people would survive.
Someone has to survive — Chris Dietzel