Dirais Quotes & Sayings

I think to some degree one of the strengths of the high tech industry is that people are actually willing to tell you things. When I went to Novell, I didn't know how to be a CEO, so I went in and I called all sorts of CEOs I knew. I called in a favor. I wanted to come by and listen to them tell me what it's like to be a CEO. — Eric Schmidt

Love requires a willingness to die; marriage, a willingness to live. — Mignon McLaughlin

I'm a postmodern commentator, and so, in a cheeky parallel to James Joyce or James Kelman, I get to places, verbally, that are a little unusual - when I talk about Jocky Wilson and end up sounding like a Jackson Pollock of the commentary box. — Sid Waddell

We all have a sea inside us; can you hear it? Can you hear the ocean roaring? — Dianna Hardy

All this he saw, for one moment breathless and intense, vivid on the morning sky; and still, as he looked, he lived; and still, as he lived, he wondered. — Kenneth Grahame

A vision on its own is not enough. Hard work and dedication is required to make that vision a reality. — Strive Masiyiwa

As an athlete, you only have so much time. The window only has so much time and then it closes. You have to take care of yourself the best you can. — Barry Bonds

It is a mistake to imagine that you can awaken in any kind of permanent way. There is only NOW and so you can only be awake now. Even the idea of permanence is an illusion. The question to ask is 'Am I awake and fully present NOW?' That question arises and is answered in perfect silence. — Leonard Jacobson

If you play "I Don't Want To Know" by Fleetwood Mac loud enough
you can hear Lindsey Buckingham's fingers sliding down the strings of his acoustic guitar ... And we were convinced that this was the definitive illustration of what we both loved about music; we loved hearing the INSIDE of a song. — Chuck Klosterman

For an antique, you would fetch quite a price at Sotheby's. All your parts are quite in working order. — Cassandra Clare

Every newspaper in the country covers stories that other newspapers cover. Every industry is filled with people who are competing to do the best job providing a particular service. — Ezra Klein

True melancholy breeds your perfect fine wit. — Ben Jonson

Sometimes being a leader isn't about winning. Sometimes it's about doing what's right, instead of what's powerful. — James Patterson

All you have really to do is to keep your back as straight as you can; and not think about what is upon it. The real and essential meaning of "virtue" is that straightness of back. — John Ruskin