Gnade Quotes & Sayings

The problem with many to-do lists is that when we write down a series of short-term objectives, we are, in effect, allowing our brains to seize on the sense of satisfaction that each task will deliver. We are encouraging our need for closure and our tendency to freeze on a goal without asking if it's the right aim. — Charles Duhigg

Don't try to get even with those who wrong you, get ahead. — Mensah Oteh

I was unnerved to learn in my twenties that the poems of Emily Dickinson that I had memorized as a girl were not the poems as she had written them. — Helen Vendler

Government has three primary functions. It should provide for military defense of the nation. It should enforce contracts between individuals. It should protect citizens from crimes against themselves or their property. When government
in pursuit of good intentions tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player. — Milton Friedman

I can't see a problem with imposing fines on drivers who violate traffic safety laws. The speed limit is the speed limit. A red light means stop. These things haven't changed since people got their driver's licenses. — Robert James Thomson

I'm much more interested in shows that maybe not everybody loves, but a lot of people REALLY love. That's how I am as a person. I'm as extreme as the roles in the shows that I like to be on. — Felicia Day

Apparently officers are not 'men'. Officers are 'officers'. — Aditi Mathur Kumar

Do not test the measure of his love for you by the way he expresses his body's heat. He is not thinking of you at those times. He is thinking of himself. — Pearl S. Buck

All managers are losers, they are the most expendable pieces of furniture on the face of the Earth. — Ted Williams

Funny how quickly the mind moves, but how slowly time does when you're in pain. — Josephine Angelini

It triggered the same ache in both women. Without a word they left the tub and rolled onto the bed nearby. — Shane K.P. O'Neill

Those who were adept and brave fellows I have made military commanders. Those who were quick and nimble I have made herders of horses. Those who were not adept I have given a small whip and sent to be shepherds — Genghis Khan

To those critics who are so pessimistic about our economy, I say: Don't be economic girlie men! — Arnold Schwarzenegger

When you're trying to lose weight, one of the most important things you can do is eat three decent meals a day so that you're not so hungry that you can't get food off your mind. Habit and hunger have long been the basic, insidious enemies of the overweight. We can't fight hunger, but we can fight habit. — Jean Nidetch