Glidden Quotes & Sayings

The older I grow, the more I listen to people who don't talk much. — Germain G. Glidden

The course of modern learning leads from humanism via nationalism to bestiality. — Franz Grillparzer

I write seven days a week, starting at 4 o'clock in the morning, including Christmas. — Dan Brown

To a valet no man is a hero. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Some people are like fragile petals, and they don't recover from hardship. Do we blame the petal? Or do we excuse its fragility and mourn its loss? — Aleksandra Layland

Probably the best advice I ever got in my life was from the head of the accounting department, Mr. Hutchinson, I believe at the Glidden Company in Chicago, and he told me, 'You really aren't cut out for accounting.' — Bob Newhart

Our friendship is made of bendy straws, long midnight letters,
my so-called life marathons, sleepless sleepovers, diner milk shakes, apron strings, a belief in beauty,
sucking helium, and the most trust I've ever felt for anyone, including myself. — David Levithan

Kids and adults have a difference of opinion when it comes to what constitutes legitimate reading. Adults often push books that they loved as children, which, ironically, were often books that their parents weren't particularly keen on. — Jeff Kinney

Virtually every society that survived did so by socializing its sons to be disposable. Disposable in war; disposable in work. We need warriors and volunteer firefighters, so we label these men heroes. — Warren Farrell

Chronic illness is not caused by a bad gene, or a Gypsy curse, nor is it a function of aging. Chronic disease is caused by chronic nutrient deficiencies. — Peter Glidden

One thing that I love about traveling is feeling disoriented and removed from my comfort zone. — Sarah Glidden

To me, it's worth getting offended by someone if it means I can trust that every word is their true opinion. — Sarah Glidden

My home was in darkness and my companions were shadows beckoning to me from a glass — Anna Kavan

What I might do is watch Mrs Doubtfire. Or Dead Poets Society or Good Will Hunting and I might be nice to people, mindful today how fragile we all are, how delicate we are, even when fizzing with divine madness that seems like it will never expire. — Russell Brand

In a room where
people unanimously maintain
a conspiracy of silence,
one word of truth
sounds like a pistol shot. — Czeslaw Milosz