Gerkens Quotes & Sayings

Willpower works for a few weeks, or maybe a month or two at best. — Rick Warren

The coolest toys don't have to be bought; they can be built. In fact, sometimes the only way they'll ever exist is if you make them yourself. — Adam Savage

I grew up obsessed with science fiction, and when I was really young, I wanted to be a scientist. — Moby

I'm floored that the House leadership would turn its back on job creation for Mississippians. — Haley Barbour

Mookie came out. They're hot to go, Jamie. I'll roll some sound, if you want. I sure can't fuck it up, because these guys make the Dead Milkmen sound like the Beatles. — Stephen King

All heat drained from my face. Holy shit. I hadn't even started my new job and already I was insulting my new boss ... right after sleeping with him. I was worse than Sylvie. "So you're - "
My speech eluded me.
"Jett Mayfield, the stingy SOB who just hired you." He held out his palm. — J.C. Reed

By the time I knew it was a mistake, it was too late to come back. That's usually how it is. — Joe Hill

You work with some people, you see a spark in them and you can't help praising them. But everyone has their own destiny. No one can make anyone. Who reaches where and when, is all written. — Rani Mukerji

I will say without reservations that from my point of view there can be no abstractions. Any shape or area that has not the pulsating concreteness of real flesh and bones, its vulnerability to pleasure or pain is nothing at all. Any picture that does not provide the environment in which the breath of life can be drawn does not interest me. — Mark Rothko

Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil. — Marcus Aurelius

There is no friendship that cares about an overheard secret. — Alexandre Dumas

Be your own hero. Be smart. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Liberty and equality," said the vicomte contemptuously, as if at last deciding seriously to prove to this youth how foolish his words were, "high-sounding words which have long been discredited. Who does not love liberty and equality? Even our Saviour preached liberty and equality. Have people since the Revolution become happier? On the contrary. We wanted liberty, but Buonaparte has destroyed it. — Leo Tolstoy

I've quit.
I didn't get your resignation letter. Invite me in. — Kitty French

The greatest spiritual blessing comes from helping another. — David O. McKay