Futetale Quotes & Sayings

You have to appear wiser and more prudent than is required by the people you are dealing with if you want to give a high opinion of yourself. — Baltasar Gracian

The universe is like a river. The river keeps on flowing. It doesn't care whether you are happy or sad, good or bad; it just keeps flowing. Some people go down to the river and they cry. Some people go down to the river and they are happy, but the river doesn't care; it just keeps flowing. We can use it and enjoy it, or we can jump in and drown. The river just keeps flowing because it is impersonal, and so it is with the universe. The universe that we live in can support us or destroy us. It's our interpretation and use of the laws that determine our effects or results. — Robert Anthony

Unlike the weak, the strong neither give up nor are driven by pain into rash or stupid behavior. They don't like pain any more than anyone else, but they are not willing to settle for short-term relief if it means reducing their options later. They don't rob Peter to pay Paul, they face reality now. — William Glasser

Memo to young journalists: Democratic victories are always ascribed to hope; Republican ones to rage. — David Brooks

Good fantasy fiction: ... explores real human conditions through fantastic metaphors which universalize the characters' individual experiences to speak personally to us all. — Laura Resnick

The most immediate task is to make certain that no state or combination of states gains the capacity to expel the United States from Eurasia or even to diminish significantly its decisive arbitration role. — Zbigniew Brzezinski

The biblical account of Noah's Ark and the Flood is perhaps the most implausible story for fundamentalists to defend. Where, for example, while loading his ark, did Noah find penguins and polar bears in Palestine? — Judith Hayes

Place yourself ... You are either a.) part of the problem; b.) part of the solution, or c.) part of the landscape. — James D. Sass

I don't listen to music, actually. Obviously I go to clubs; I stand in elevators; a lot of my friends are musicians; I hear music all the time. But I don't have my own collection of music. — Natalia Kills

Of all my failures to offset the mortification of wanting, expecting, or caring too much, the most humiliating was having no real answer for the love of a good man. It humbled me. — Michelle Orange

Begin at the beginning, go on until you reach the end, and then stop. — Larry M. Harris

We know the parental support, community support, makes a difference. It's not just the metrics of testing and putting pressure on the schools and on the teachers. — Donna Shalala

What man in his 40s would not like to look in the mirror and find Nolan Ryan? — Nolan Ryan

New York is about success. Boston is about resentment. — Mike Barnicle