John Oxley Quotes & Sayings

All the world's parenting advice can be distilled to two simple rules: pay attention to what your children are fascinated by, and praise them for their effort. [Paraphrasing Carol Dweck, a psychologist who studies motivation] — Daniel Coyle

I've always said, since I got to know him and wrote about him, that he's the generation he least appeals to is his own and I think in many ways he was born middle-aged and that's become apparent in recent years. — Anthony Holden

Remember, gold and silver always have had value and never have gone to zero. Can you say the same for stocks and bonds? — Mark Skousen

People don't have any mercy. They tear you limb from limb, in the name of love. Then, when you're dead, when they've killed you by what they made you go through, they say you didn't have any character. They weep big, bitter tears - not for you. For themselves, because they've lost their toy. — James Baldwin

Nobody has ever seen an electron. Nor a thought. You can't see a thought, you can't measure, weigh, nor taste it- but thoughts are the most real things in the Galaxy. — Robert A. Heinlein

All men are not homeless, but some men are home less than others. — Henny Youngman

'fundamentalism' and 'liberalism' and terrorism.' These labels only tell us partial truths. We must use them humbly, guardedly, Niebuhr would say, aware of the limitations of our own vision and of our own capacity for misunderstanding and self-deception. — Krista Tippett

nothing tastes as sweet as what I can't have — Teddy Geiger

Once past the comfort zone in either direction, humans soon lost the ability to discriminate bad from worse. — Roger Zelazny

They too wonder about the nature of existence, where they've come from and where they're going to and how much time they have. — Frederick Lenz

You write in order to change the world ... if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way people look at reality, then you can change it. — James Baldwin

I was so much more powerful than anyone knew. I was an animal learning to fight back, instinctively, fiercely. I was a brave girl. I was a fit fox.

I realized that the most empowering important thing was actually simply taking care of myself. — Aspen Matis