Illesia Quotes & Sayings

I am a beau in nothing but my books. — Adam Smith

I AM GOING TO BE FURIOUSLY HAPPY, OUT OF SHEER SPITE. — Jenny Lawson

Investors making purchases in an overheated market need to recognize that it may often take an extended period for the value of even an outstanding company to catch up with the price they paid. — Warren Buffett

Since its first day as a nation, Israel has lived under a cloud of aggression from militant extremists and hostile neighboring governments. — John Boehner

Being fashionable does not mean you have to drain your bank account. — Brad Goreski

Liberals want the government to be your Mommy. Conservatives want government to be your Daddy. Libertarians want it to treat you like an adult. — Andre Marrou

Never be disobedient; take a coach, take a mentor and be instructed! — Israelmore Ayivor

If you live gladly to make others glad in God, your life will be hard, your risks will be high, and your joy will be full. — John Piper

When thinking through who to bring together to generate new ideas, it is more effective to combine specialists from very different and unrelated disciplines rather than a variety of people with different skills sets in the same field. — Simon Mainwaring

We took the liberty to make some enquiries concerning the ground of their pretensions to make war upon nations who had done them no injury, and observed that we considered all mankind as our friends who had done us no wrong, nor had given us any provocation.

The Ambassador [of Tripoli] answered us that it was founded on the Laws of their Prophet, that it was written in their Koran, that all nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners, that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as Prisoners, and that every Musselman who should be slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise.

{Letter from the commissioners, John Adams & Thomas Jefferson, to John Jay, 28 March 1786} — Thomas Jefferson

Recognizing our shortcomings is a crucial first step on the path to making better decisions, creating better societies, and fixing our institutions. — Dan Ariely