Ishmaelites Quotes & Sayings

If there's one reason we have done better than of our peers in the Internet space over the last six years, it is because we have focused like a laser on customer experience. — Jeff Bezos

You don't want to put all your lead on the target. You want to leave some arrows in the quiver. — Foster Friess

I believe that to pray without ceasing means to think good thoughts without ceasing. — Wilferd Peterson

you have to understand in order to disagree. — Charles Van Doren

I like sports, and swimming is my favorite. Doing physical exercises keeps one fit and healthy and helps one work more efficiently. I think we all need to strike a balance between work and relaxation. This can keep us energetic and help us do our job better. — Xi Jinping

It's been amazing to touch people's lives. — Bethany Hamilton

Caregivers, like all of us, inevitably reflect their culture's attitude toward children and life. The story goes that when Pearl Buck was a child in China, someone asked how she compared her mother to her Chinese amah. Buck replied, "If I want to have a story read, I go to my mother. But if I fall down and need to be comforted, I go to my amah." Her mother's culture valued teaching and learning, while her amah's placed a greater value on nurture. Even as a child, Buck instinctively knew the difference. — David C. Pollock

Autumn is autumn. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Nutritionists all over the world are of the opinion that we should combine protein with complex carbohydrates. A simple dosai made with parboiled rice, husked black gram and fenugreek seeds fulfils this need. — Chandra Padmanabhan

I really do try to watch everything I say. Because one little tiny slip, and it's like the world is coming to an end! — Vanessa Hudgens

The stronger the facts are there, you should achieve justice. You don't need to make sensationalized statements. — Kimberly Guilfoyle

The way I work: I pick a country. I learn the political history - I mean I really learn it; I read until it sinks in. Once I read the political history, I can project and find the clandestine history. And then I people it with the characters. — Alan Furst

What this means is that children, homemakers, executives, farmers, and long-living persons can all have high ego strength and good mental health if they possess the courage, humor, and flexibility of equilibrium between their rational and metaphoric minds. — Bob Samples

The better sort of Ishmaelites have been Christian for many centuries and will not publicly eat human flesh uncooked in Lent, without special and costly dispensation from their bishop. — Evelyn Waugh