Esolen Touchstone Quotes & Sayings

The last Christian died on a cross. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Be cunning, and full of tricks, and your people will never be destroyed. — Richard Adams

I would much rather feel comfortable and feel beautiful, than to feel uncomfortable, but look fantastic. — Penny Marshall

The purpose of information is not knowledge. It is being able to take the right action. — Peter Drucker

Yes, of course," said Kinderman. "It's very strange. But then it leaves us — William Peter Blatty

There is more to life than material well-being. Who would claim that the wholly wage-dependent family enjoys the dignity, the security, the range of choice and the autonomy (not to mention the leisure and freedom) of the family even partially supported by capital ownership? — Louis O. Kelso

I decided at 10 I wanted to be in a band; everyone else wanted to play football. — Jeff Mangum

Certainty is usually a sign of pathology. — B.W. Powe

I must not quarrel with the will
Of highest dispensation, which herein,
Haply had ends above my reach to know. — John Milton

I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories. — Washington Irving

The Negro is an exotic of the most gorgeous and superb countries of the world, and he has deep in his heart a passion for all that is splendid, rich and fanciful. — Harriet Beecher Stowe

Every now and then, I'll run into someone who claims not to like chocolate, and while we live in a country where everyone has the right to eat what they want, I want to say for the record that I don't trust these people, that I think something is wrong with them, and that they're probably - and this must be said - total duds in bed. — Steve Almond

Hate I shall, if I can; if I can't, I shall love though not willing. — Ovid

I stay balanced by remembering to prioritize. What is most important should never be railroaded by the "tyranny of the urgent." My relationship with God, my devotion to my husband, my responsibilities to my children, loving others, and, of course, remaining grateful for the blessings that I have. Like getting to do what I love for a living. And trust me, I am. — Maria Canals Barrera