Glykos Finland Quotes & Sayings

Politics is not worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space. — Will Rogers

The daylight faded slowly: distances collapsed and the world turned indigo and the wind blew cold enough to burn the skin on your face. — Neil Gaiman

Because King Silas
always gets what he wants, even if he doesn't want
anything more than to fuck with you. — Quil Carter

But there is, I have learned, no permanent escape from the past. It may be an unrecognized law of our nature that we should be drawn back, inevitably, to the place where we have suffered most. — Ellen Glasgow

An elementary school student asked me the NOT "politically correct" question, "Is an idiot smarter than a moron?" I had to Google it because I was afraid to respond in today's PC society and didn't want to offend him, his parents, or anyone else. Here's what I found.

Technically, a moron is smarter than an idiot. An imbecile is also smarter than an idiot.

Although today the words are considered insulting and derogatory, prior to the 1960s they were widely used as actual psychology terms associated with intelligence on an IQ test.

An IQ between:
00-25 = Idiot
26-50 = Imbecile
51-70 = Moron

Explaining all of this to a nine year old with an IQ of 130 made me feel like society has turned all adults into one of the above, myself included.

When I told him that I'm afraid to openly say it, the nine year old said, "Adults are idiots! — Ray Palla

The birth of a child is the imprisonment of a soul. The soul must work its way out of prison, and, in doing so, provide itself with wings for a future journey. It is for each of us to determine whether our wings shall be those of an angel or a grub! — William Gilmore Simms

He had the kind of personality that makes you think a boy will grow up to be a public torturer. However, — Lindsey Davis

Realism in foreign policy means careful consideration of all aspects pertinent to the issue, before taking a decision. This is the only way you can move from where you are to someplace else. — Henry A. Kissinger

I want my work to create space where people can meet God, rather than give them something they can "apply" to their daily life. — Henri Nouwen

Our echoes roll from soul to soul, And grow for ever and for ever. — Alfred Lord Tennyson

So the fact that the first movie about Steve Jobs was made by a guy who was completely entrepreneurial and outside the film industry, I think is very appropriate. — Joshua Michael Stern

There are things roaming around inside my head as clever as Theseus in the Labyrinth. It's just that nobody ever gave them the necessary piece of string, so they'll never find their way out. — Geraldine McCaughrean

Philosophy not only begins with the individual, but also ends with the individual. For an individual is the final fact of life. He is an end in himself, and not a means to other creations of the human mind. The — Lin Yutang

I enjoy talking to people about what I do - about films, music, directors, and art. It's very strange, having to talk about yourself. — Stephanie Sigman

None of my friends had grandparents like these. ... Tony and Desolina were exotic. — James Vescovi