Govno Jastuk Quotes & Sayings

Theory without practice is pointless, practice without theory is mindless. Lenin — Andrew MacLennan

Whatever we really are, that let us be, in all fearlessness. Whatever we are not, that let us cease striving to be. — Anna Robertson Brown Lindsay

Does Carthage even have forests? Did Virgil know for sure or was it just convenient for his story? Virgil was a professional liar. This would not be the only place where he pruned the truth until it was as artificial as an espaliered pear tree against a wall, forced into an expedient shape and bearing the demanded fruit. — Kij Johnson

The Blood deals with what we have done, whereas the Cross deals with what we are. The Blood disposes of our sins, while the Cross strikes at the root of our capacity for sin. — Watchman Nee

Learning how to play an instrument has always been near the top of my to-do list, but what are the chances now? There's little downtime with a column and a two-year-old, and after reading Goldilocks and the three Bears and going through half a bottle of wine with dinner on an average evening, imagining a day when I join Nathaniel on the Elgar Cello Concerto is not a vision but a hallucination. I'm at the point where the things on your to-do list get transferred to a should-have-done list, and one reason I write a column is for the privilege of vicariously sampling other worlds, dropping in with my passport, my notebook and my curiosity. — Steve Lopez

No religion taught man to kill fellowmen because he held different opinions or was of another religion. — Mahatma Gandhi

Cruelty isn't a personality trait. Cruelty is a habit. — Rick Yancey

The truth is so precious," Churchill told Stalin, "that she should always be protected by a bodyguard of lies. — William Manchester

And I shall watch the ferry boats, and they'll get high, on a bluer ocean against tomorrow's sky. and i will never grow so old again, and i will walk and talk, in gardens all wet with rain ... — Van Morrison

When employees feel valued, and are more productive and engaged, they create a culture that can truly be a strategic advantage in today's competitive market. — Michael Hyatt

Achilles too staggered a moment. He felt his soul change colour. Blood pooled at his feet, and though he continued to stand upright and triumphant in the sun, his spirit set off on its own downward path and approached the boarders of an unknown region. — David Malouf

We did phenomenally well with young people. I think we did well with working class people. — Bernie Sanders

You will tell me the quiet story of your day's work, without any object except to give me your thoughts and your life. You will speak of your childhood memories. I shall not understand them very well because You will be able to give me, perforce, only insufficient details, but I shall love your sweet strange language. — Henri Barbusse

Most of us came here in chains and most of you came here to escape your chains. Your freedom was our slavery, and therein lies the bitter difference in the way we look at life. — John Oliver Killens

Life is a razor, you are always in hot water or a scrape. — John Updike