Karpicke Quotes & Sayings

You seem to be the one for firsts," his breath caught, "and lasts and always. — Aleksandr Voinov

Depression was a very active state really. Even if you appeared to an observer to be immobilized, your mind was in a frenzy of paralysis. You were unable to function, but were actively despising yourself for it. — Lisa Alther

No one remembers who climbed Mount Everest the second time. — Edmund Hillary

Respect both what you need to know and what you don't need to know. Respect mystery, for mystery is still needed to run the universe."
The Legacy Letters, by Carew Papritz
"Things I didn't know. — Carew Papritz

Gert was always of the mind that she wouldn't go to another church except the Catholic Church. So when I would date her in New York City, and later when we went to Oxford before we got married, we always went to the Catholic church. — Wesley Clark

The guy said industry slang for flight attendant was Space Waitress. Or Air Mattress. — Chuck Palahniuk

Every man should arm himself as quickly as he could, and come to the King. — Charles William Chadwick Oman

We have a whole generation of men who don't understand how much they mean to their kids. — Tony Dungy

'Heel Turn 2' is about a person who's in a match, and he's playing as though the match were real. But it is real! If you're standing in the middle of a ring, and you're playing the villain, and everyone is booing and throwing things at you, that's real. — John Darnielle

If you do not take opportunity to advance and reward the deserving, your subordinates will not carry out your commands, and disaster will ensue. — Sun Tzu

It's not Brits who think American readers are a bunch of whinging morons with the geo-social understanding of a wire coathanger, it's American editors. — Terry Pratchett

A king should die on his feet. — Louis XVIII

We're all a blemished spirit full of censurable faults — Netiera Danise

Doesn't ability to do the job come into the equation?"
"Of course not, you fool," said Jimmy. "This is politics. — Jeffrey Archer