Erdwin Pfuhl Quotes & Sayings

A peevish self-willed harlotry it is.

*She's a stubborn little brat.* — William Shakespeare

Victory did not come to the one who played by the rules; it came to the one who made the rules and imposed them on his enemy. — Jack Weatherford

[My work] is a love song to our mongrel selves. — Salman Rushdie

I had aspirations to do different things with my life. I wanted to play soccer. I wanted to be a lawyer. Serendipity. — Pete Wentz

Our dreams and stories may contain implicit aspects of our lives even without our awareness. In fact, storytelling may be a primary way in which we can linguistically communicate to others - as well as to ourselves - the sometimes hidden contents of our implicitly remembering minds. Stories make available perspectives on the emotional themes of our implicit memory that may otherwise be consciously unavailable to us. This may be one reason why journal writing and intimate communication with others, which are so often narrative processes, have such powerful organizing effects on the mind: They allow us to modulate our emotions and make sense of the world. — Daniel J. Siegel

We are staunch and true and in rather a champagne mood. — Franz Marc

There's a saying,' Dad said. 'When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras ... ' 'YOU look for horses,' I said. 'While you spent your whole life at work, me and Mom were having the best, funnest time ever. Mom and I lived for each other. She wouldn't do anything CLOSE to getting drunk and walking next to a ship's balcony because it would mean she might never see me again. That you think she would shows how little you know her. YOU look for horses, Dad. — Maria Semple

When first things are put first, second things are not suppressed but increased. — C.S. Lewis

I was planning on writing a detailed review of several books on web security tonight, but the Obama collapse has superseded my best-laid plans. Here's another open thread for this important topic, as America wrestles with the issue of whether it would be a good idea to elect a President with a 20-year history of associating with people who hate America. — Charles Foster Johnson

There are a lot of movies I would want to be a fly on the wall for. I would have loved to see the making of Jaws [1975], with all the fears and anxieties it was going to be a complete failure, and then to have it turn into the first blockbuster. — Cary Fukunaga

you will not be master of my body & my property — Geoffrey Chaucer

To cover the fact that a central bank is merely a cartel which has been legalized, its proponents had to lay down a thick smoke screen of technical jargon focusing always on how it would supposedly benefit commerce, the public, and the nation ... there was not the slightest glimmer that underneath it all, was a master plan which was designed from top to bottom to serve private interests at the expense of the public ... the system is merely a cartel with a government facade. — G. Edward Griffin

In order to love simply, it is necessary to know how to show love. — Fyodor Dostoevsky

I teach metaphysics and pastor a church. — Della Reese