Joan Berkowitz Quotes & Sayings

When you're not confident as a young woman in saying "no" or even saying "yes" necessarily, you don't know which one you're more afraid of in some way. That happens a lot. — Ry Russo-Young

Success is a very hideous thing. Its false resemblance to merit deceives men. — Victor Hugo

From a personal point of view I want some medals because that is what you aim for when you start out playing. — Jamie Redknapp

In the ancient times, bards went around singing the epics, which were storehouses of philosophy. — Amish Tripathi

I'm a comedian who happens to be Latino. What's the difference? The difference is, my special will air on Comedy Central, not Telemundo. — Gabriel Iglesias

Accumulating love brings luck, accumulating hatred brings calamity. — Paulo Coelho

Computer programming is an art, because it applies accumulated knowledge to the world, because it requires skill and ingenuity, and especially because it produces objects of beauty. A programmer who subconsciously views himself as an artist will enjoy what he does and will do it better. — Donald Knuth

I guess people feel like they kind of know me. The game developer me, or the Twitter persona, that's Notch. It's a censored version. The real me is Markus. — Markus Persson

You pushed it too far. You shouldn't take the same risk again."
"Says the guy who got shot. — Joss Stirling

Sometimes being heroic means showing uncommon grace in the face of untenable circumstances. — Julie Anne Long

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair. — Samuel Johnson

We do not ask what hope of gain makes a little bird warble, since we know that it takes delight in singing because it is for that very singing that the bird was made, so there is no need to ask why the human mind undertakes such toil in seeking out these secrets of the heavens ... And just as other animals, and the human body, are sustained by food and drink, so the very spirit of Man, which is something distinct from Man, is nourished, is increased, and in a sense grows up on this diet of knowledge, and is more like the dead than the living if it is touched by no desire for these things. — Johannes Kepler