Kieft Engineering Quotes & Sayings

There can be a true grandeur in any degree of submissiveness, because it springs from loyalty to the laws and to an oath, and not from baseness of soul. — Simone Weil

Many search for happiness as we look for a hate we wear on our heads. — Nikolaus Lenau

I don't read books by people who have betrayed the Motherland. — Vladimir Putin

Curiosity is a mistress whose slaves decline no sacrifice. — William Faulkner

It is not important who you are; what is important is what you have done to change humanity for the better. — Debasish Mridha

Something takes over when you're facing death. The front part of your brain lets go, gives up control to the oldest part of you, the part that takes care of your heartbeat and breathing and the blinking of your eyes. The part nature built first to keep your ass alive. The part that stretches time like a gigantic piece of toffee, making a second seem like an hour and a minute longer than a summer afternoon. — Rick Yancey

Only where there are graves are there resurrections. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Ironically, often the thing that keeps me from experiencing joy is my preoccupation with self. The very selfishness that keeps me from pouring myself out for the joy of others also keeps me from noticing and delighting in the myriad small gifts God offers each day. This is why Walker Percy describes boredom as "the self stuffed with the self." — John Ortberg

Oh, but a real princess would know that hard work ennobles the soul,' Rose objected. 'That would be one of the signs. — Regina Doman

What I find more remarkable, however, is how readily many people in our society believe outlandish and unsubstantiated urban myths and conspiracies (Pop Rocks and Coke, JFK assassination, AIDS is man-made, etc.), yet disregard thousands of personal and consistent testimonies of miracles and near-death experiences from people throughout all cultures and religions. — Mary C. Neal

'Super 8' was a lot of fun. It was a lot of fun working with J.J. Abrams, who I think is a kid in a grown man's body, which is a great ingredient for any artist in our business. You have to be a kid at heart to be able to make believe, and his imagination is phenomenal. — Glynn Turman