Jakobinus Quotes & Sayings

This is how deeply rooted stories are, folks. We crave them before we can walk, and we start telling them before we can talk. — Patrick Rothfuss

People will try to rain on your parade because they have no parade of their own. — Jeffrey Gitomer

I'm a nearly uncontrollable Geoff Dyer fan, who I think is one of the most comically brilliant writers today. — Billy Collins

Love is such an arbitrary thing. I love my mom. I love pancakes. — Doug Stanhope

What kind of people do we wish to become, and how do we know an American when we see one? Is it possible to pursue a common purpose without a common history or a standard text? — Lewis H. Lapham

Whatever you do, never stop dreaming. — Darren Johnson

In relation to the earth we have been autistic for centuries. Only now have we begun to listen with some attention and with a willingness to respond to the earth's demands that we cease our industrial assault, that we abandon our inner rage against the conditions of our earthly existence, that we renew our human participation in the grand liturgy of the universe. — Thomas Berry

The sun shines every day without being told that it is brilliant. The mountains stand tall and majestic though no one informs them of their grandeur. The winds twirl and dance with clouds, minus cheers or compliments to inspire their moves. Flowers bloom, showing off colors, long before passing smiles acknowledge any beauty. The ocean claps at its own underwater chorus without topside ears listening. What is the world trying to tell you?
Be wonderful because you are.
Quit waiting to be told so first. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Aunt Connie killing the Munros is manifestly wrong. It was Alice. — Liane Moriarty

How do you discover a need that nobody yet knows about? This is where the product breakthroughs come through. — Donald A. Norman