Johannes A. Gaertner Quotes & Sayings

I'm gonna do everything I can for you, because you're a good kid. Greg, you're a fucking great kid." I had never heard Mr. McCarthy use the F-word, so this at least was sort of exciting. Still, my Excessive Modesty reflex would not be denied. "I'm not that great of a kid." "You're an absolute beast," said Mr. McCarthy. "That's all there is to it. Get to class. Here's a note. We all think you're a total ... ferocious ... beast." The note said: "I had to meet with Greg Gaines for five minutes. Please excuse his absence. He is a beast. Mr. McCarthy. 11:12 am. — Jesse Andrews

What is a house but a bigger skin, and a neighborhood map but the world's skin ever expanding? — Annie Dillard

Jesus was lonely and sorrowful and scared-an unbelievably real person. — M. Scott Peck

Throughout history, self-styled arbiters have taken it upon themselves to decide the question of what can or cannot be the legitimate purview of art. — Barbara Goldsmith

Would take dozens of the world's fastest supercomputers to match the computational power required to pull off this feat. Yet I have no perception of this lightning storm in my brain. — David Eagleman

If you don't let people flourish in their jobs, why are they going to stay? — Joel Osteen