Javier Colon Quotes & Sayings

One must be grateful for one's education no matter how it arrives. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

It is no accident that wherever the State ha taken economic decision away from the citizen, it has deprived him of his other liberties as well. — Enoch Powell

Life makes writing poetry necessary to prove I really was paying attention. — Mark Strand

A huge insight was the power of simply telling employees the truth. If things aren't going well, tell them. — David M. Cote

- What shall I do, in a Purgatory?... where they all speak spanish? I've never been in any kind of Purgatory before, and no one(...) — William Gaddis

The objection to conforming to usages that have become dead to you is, that it scatters your force. It loses your time and blurs the impression of your character. If you maintain a dead church, contribute to a dead Bible-society, vote with a great party either for the government or against it, spread your table like base housekeepers, under all these screens I have difficulty to detect the precise man you are.And, of course, so much force is withdrawn from your proper life. But do your work, and I shall know you. Do your work, and you shall reinforce yourself. A man must consider what a blindman's-buff is this game of conformity. If I know your sect, I anticipate your argument. I hear a preacher announce for his text and topic the expediency of one of the institutions of his church. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I project myself to love and devote my time and attention to someone without a reason, so at least I can give someone the feelings of being the most special person in someone's life. — M.F. Moonzajer

You know, the polls show that 70 percent of the people are for stem-cell research. — Nancy Reagan

Never drink before sunset; Never drink more than 3 days in a row. — H.L. Mencken