Freliches Quotes & Sayings

It's such a thrill when an adult comes up to me and says, 'I read your book as a child and really loved it.' That's a tremendous compliment. — Katherine Paterson

Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak. — Epictetus

Guitar is the most expressive instrument in the world. I don't play much any more. Maybe a bit in private. — John Nettles

Those who teach by their doctrine must teach by their life, or else they pull down with one hand what they build up with the other. — Matthew Henry

I love Japan, and Tokyo is my favorite city. — Barry Eisler

The benefit to building a startup is that customers don't have the same kind of friction when they adopt new technology. — Aaron Levie

I have wasted a lot of time living. — Michael Oakeshott

Old age is the most unexpected of all things that can happen to a man. — Leon Trotsky

It would be boring to say how much we laughed. He lay in his bed, and told stories, and would go quiet - asleep? - and then he would giggle, and then I would giggle, and he would say, 'You put the phone down,' and I would say, 'No, you put the phone down.'
At one point, he staggered in for a piss, three feet from where I lay - a thunderous unloading of whisky, Guinness and gin.
'You put the phone down,' he said.
'No - you put the phone down.'
'Love you, babe.'
He flushed, and went back to bed
We were like two kids on a camping holiday. — Caitlin Moran

Hate can destroy you or it can fuel you. I knew I had to find a way for it to fuel me." Krzyzewski — John Feinstein

War can be avoided, and it ought to be avoided. I want no war. — Chief Joseph

If there is a God, man's immortality is certain. If not, Immortality would not be worth having. — Edgar S. Brightman

Truth always rests with the minority, and the minority is always stronger than the majority, because the minority is generally formed by those who really have an opinion, while the strength of a majority is illusory, formed by the gangs who have no opinion - and who, therefore, in the next instant (when it is evident that the minority is the stronger) assume its opinion ... while truth again reverts to a new minority. — Soren Kierkegaard

The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve it after you die, when affection and interest are over, and nothing but sterling excellence can preserve your name. Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence. — Benjamin Haydon