Griffen Quotes & Sayings

I don't like to ask myself how much time there is left, rather how much time have I had. — Jack Griffen

People adjust their behavior to fit the society they live in. They integrate because they have to. But what they are on the inside doesn't change. — Sandra Brown

What we mean by information the elementary unit of information is a difference which makes a difference, and it is able to make a difference because the neural pathways along which it travels and is continually transformed are themselves provided with energy. The pathways are ready to be triggered. We may even say that the question is already implicit in them. — Gregory Bateson

A cigar has " ... a fire at one end and a fool at the other." — Horace Greeley

So if you're negative, you live longer? That sounds like a cruel joke. — Jon Stewart

People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not. — Giacomo Leopardi

The only thing I understand deeply, because in my teens I was thinking about it, and every year of my life, is software. So I'll never be hands-on on anything except software. — Bill Gates

You've developed the strength of a draft horse while holding onto the delicacy of a daffodil ... you are the mother, advocate and protector of a child with a disability. — Lori Borgman

Peace begins with understanding. — Lailah Gifty Akita

is not a competitive event; it is a cooperative venture. The Spirit distributes his gifts so that believers are compelled to rely on each other in unity, not to contend with each other in selfishness. — Standard Publishing

Then the Alumni Association man cleared his throat and gave out with a pious spiel about Winifred Griffen Prior, saint on earth. How everyone fibs when it's a question of money! I suppose the old bitch pictured the whole thing when she made her bequest, stingy as it is. She knew my presence would be requested; she wanted me writhing in the town's harsh gaze while her own munificence was lauded. — Margaret Atwood

Impossible is a word found only in the dictionary for fools. — Henry R. Griffen

If you remove a single transistor in the digital computer's central processor, the computer will fail. — Michio Kaku

Though wild turkeys may not be the PhDs of the bird world----that distinction goes to the common crow----they do have the capability to learn and remember important survival information from their environment and from those of their own kind. — Gary W. Griffen

Eventually she came. She appeared suddenly, exactly like she'd done that day- she stepped into the sunshine, she jumped, she laughed and threw her head back, so her long ponytail nearly grazed the waistband of her jeans.
After that, I couldn't think about anything else. The mole on the inside of her right elbow, like a dark blot of ink. The way she ripped her nails to shreds when she was nervous. Her eyes, deep as a promise. Her stomach, pale and soft and gorgeous, and the tiny dark cavity of her belly button.
I nearly went crazy. — Lauren Oliver

If you never try to see [someone] for who they are, then you don't love them enough. — Carrie Ryan

Democracy and dependence on the military and police are incompatible. — Mahatma Gandhi

Inventors don't have time for married life. — Nikola Tesla