Firkin Quotes & Sayings

Ask not what you are getting from the world but, rather, what you are giving to the world. — Brendon Burchard

In these words lies all his power: He chose the path along which he is walking and so has no complaints. — Paulo Coelho

Equally arresting are British pub names. Other people are content to dub their drinking establishment with pedestrian names like Harry's Bar and the Greenwood Lounge. But a Briton, when he wants to sup ale, must find his way to the Dog and Duck, the Goose and Firkin, the Flying Spoon, or the Spotted Dog. The names of Britain's 70,000 or so pubs cover a broad range, running from the inspired to the improbable, from the deft to the daft. Almost any name will do so long as it is at least faintly absurd, unconnected with the name of the owner, and entirely lacking in any suggestion of drinking, conversing, and enjoying oneself. At a minimum the name should puzzle foreigners-this is a basic requirement of most British institutions-and ideally it should excite long and inconclusive debate, defy all logical explanation, and evoke images that border on the surreal. — Bill Bryson

Economic systems rise and fall just like empires. That's the kind of perspective we need to take if we hope to prosper for centuries rather than for the next quarter. — Annalee Newitz

If you go back to the roots of jazz, it was all about COLLECTIVE improvisation. — Henry Threadgill

The truth lies in between the 1st and the 40th drink — Tori Amos

I just always want to be different - THE EXCEPTION - and this weekend knocked me right back to reality.And the reality is - I AM TRULY BLESSED .. — Jon-Robert Holden

It's the strangest thing about being human: to know so much, to communicate so much, and yet always to fall so drastically short of clarity, to be, in the end, so isolate and inadequate. Even when people try to say things, they say them poorly or obliquely, or they outright lie, sometimes because they're lying to you, but as often because they're lying to themselves. — Claire Messud

In fourth grade, I learned that reading was serious business, not just a pleasant way to pass the time, and that like medicine or engineering, it had a definite, valuable purpose: to foster 'comprehension.' — Walter Kirn

Even if you are sad, don't forget to sing the song of love. — Debasish Mridha

This little piggie went to market(ing). This little piggie stayed home (to write). That's it. Story over. The third was an idiot. — Suki Michelle

In other words, after Winthrop has acquired all his butter firkins, food stirrers, and beer along with six dozen candles, twenty thousand biscuits, and twenty-nine sides of beef, he goes through the Bible and writes down a bunch of verses commanding him to be willing to cheerfully give all that stuff away. My firkin is your firkin being one of Christianity's primary creeds. — Sarah Vowell

We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything. — Ajahn Chah

Every natural object is a conductor of divinity and only by coming into contact with them ... may we be filled with the Holy Ghost. — John Muir

Who tries? You try, your dad tries, average people try. And for their attempts at goodness, average people are mugged by strangers, molested by predatory uncles, massacred by their own governments. — Nicole Peeler

Every time a congressman or pundit says its 'class warfare' to increase taxes on the wealthy, it's a massive lie. — Adam McKay