Grzybowski Obituary Quotes & Sayings

suppose if alcohol had been available to me that November, I would have become a drunk. As it was, the only thing I could lose my miserable self in was books. We — Katherine Paterson

The courage to try again is daring spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

His experiments proved that the best way to break a habit is to form a clear mental image of the desired end result, and to practice without effort towards reaching that goal. Dunlap found that either "positive practice" (refraining from the habit) or "negative practice" (performing the habit consciously and voluntarily) would have beneficial effect provided the desired end result was kept constantly in mind. — Maxwell Maltz

It is easy to write when you don't know how. — Judy Delton

Wild animals almost never die of old age: starvation, disease, or predators catch up with them long before they become really senile. Until recently this was true of man too. Most animals die in childhood, many never get beyond the egg stage. Starvation and other causes of death are the ultimate reasons why populations cannot increase indefinitely. — Richard Dawkins

I have to trust people. There's no system of controls that can replace trust, so I need to reinforce that trust, and part of reinforcing trust is making sure that people feel accountability, and with accountability comes some degree of autonomy. You don't have one without the other. — Harry West

Religion increasingly is tending to degenerate into a decent formula wherewith to embellish a comfortable life. — Alfred North Whitehead

Albert Einstein was never clear if he believed in time travel, but had he raised a toddler, he certainly would have. — Michael R. French

Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living. — Harold Macmillan