Ebbecke Origin Quotes & Sayings

If a general shows confidence in his men but always insists on his orders being obeyed, the gain will be mutual. — Sun Tzu

It was be a hermit or open a hotel-. -with nothing in between. — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

The primordial purity of the ground completely transcends words, concepts, and formulations. — Jamgon Kongtrul

It is simply economically impossible to require controls that even approach zero emissions. — Barry Commoner

The Great don't innovate, they fertilize seeds planted by lackeys, they leave to others the inhaling of the flowers whose roots they've manured. A deceptive memory may be the key to their originality. — Ned Rorem

Though he wouldn't take it or offer it back, she gave. She squeezed it into him and held it there. She accepted him. She loved him in his wretchedness, kissed his ragged cheek, and called him /father./ — A.S. Peterson

The reasons that center on others are easy to manipulate. All hollow things are light. — David Foster Wallace

I'd walk a million miles to give her what she needs. But she would walk a million more to do what she believes. — Elton John

He hadn't love her. She hadn't loved him. Yet they'd cared for each other, and Kestrel remember how he'd set a soft black puppy into her hands. No one had given her such a gift. He'd made her laugh. That, too, was a gift. — Marie Rutkoski

To study men, we must look close by; to study man, we must learn to look afar; if we are to discover essential characteristics, we must first observe differences. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Personally I don't trust literature that soothes people's consciences. — Antonio Tabucchi

The conversation topic in my head is not what role I should play; it is whether I am going to play at all. — Jonny Wilkinson

Wouldn't it be so lovely to just forget about Nick, those awful five years, and move on? — Gillian Flynn

Sometimes distance improves love. Sometimes it dissolves it. I think you deserve to know which has happened. — Greg Keyes