Eytan Ruppin Quotes & Sayings

Real assistance is to help people to help themselves. We can't do everything for everybody, but there is room for all who try to make it. — Gerald R. Ford

Be careful of men who are bald and rich; the arrogance of "rich" usually cancels out the nice of "bald". — Rita Rudner

Want to know a Secret? Someone out there can't stop thinking about you.You are Beautiful. Don't ever believe differently. — Drake

Tis because we be on a blighted star, and not a sound one, isn't it Tess? — Thomas Hardy

It is intelligent to ask two questions: (1) Is it possible? (2) Can I do it?. But it is unintelligent to ask these questions: (1) Is it real? (2) Has my neighbor done it? — Soren Kierkegaard

Expressions like "the good ole days" implied that life used to be of a higher quality than it is now, but I think everything looks better in retrospect. — Penelope Douglas

We need to be Atticus. Hands in our pockets. Calm. Believing. So that our children will look at us and even with a fire raging in front of them, they'll say, "Huh. Guess it's not time to worry yet." Then we'll watch carefully. We'll just watch and wait and believe until God nods and says, "It's time. Tear open that gift, Mama. — Glennon Doyle Melton

Do not defend a music program because it's good for other things. That's like defending kissing because it gives you stronger lip muscles for eating soup neatly. — Anonymous

She's not stupid. She just never lets her mind out. — Diana Wynne Jones

People are more used to seeing men who are masters at an instrument than women. When people say, 'Oh, she plays like a dude,' it's usually dudes who are the ones saying it. They're saying, 'Oh, she's as good as us.' Of course, that's a stupid statement. It's totally stereotypical to say, 'We have an advantage on this, and if anyone else can do it well, it's only because they're like us.' I think more men are starting to learn that this attitude is totally hollow and based in imagination. As more women are involved in music, this kind of thing gets said less and less. — Esperanza Spalding

Would that we could choose the last image we see before death closes our eyes forever to this world. — Nick Hirst

I'm still a martial artist at heart. I believe in controlling yourself ... I think that's huge in life-to be a good man. — Cub Swanson

The West has given the world the symphony, and the novel. — Ibn Warraq