Lenain Water Quotes & Sayings

Language is not a protocol legislated by an authority but rather a wiki that pools the contributions of millions of writers and speakers, who ceaselessly bend the language to their needs and who inexorably age, die, and get replaced by their children, who adapt the language in their turn. — Steven Pinker

Most of us expect too much from others and not enough from ourselves. — William Feather

[Y]ou are here to learn something. Don't try to figure out what it is. This can be frustrating and unproductive. — Steven L. Peck

By mid-November, his protests notwithstanding, whiskers began sprouting from his face. A few weeks later, his assistant private secretary, John Hay, approvingly punned: Election news Abe's hirsute fancy warrant - Apparent hair becomes heir apparent.44 — Harold Holzer

My fiction may, now and again, illuminate aspects of the human condition, but I do not consciously set out to do so: I am a storyteller. — William Trevor

...butcher, baker, fusion-reactor maker. — Charles Stross

Woodwake wants you in her office. What did you do?" "I invaded Egypt and they're very annoyed about it." "Who is? Them upstairs or the Egyptians?" "Both. — P.N. Elrod

No matter what your profession is, it's good to scare yourself a little from time to time! It's crucial to keep challenging yourself and to learn from people who are more accomplished than you are. — Lisa Kleypas

As for logical consequences, the "logic" is highly debatable. If you continually arrive late for my workshop, despite my warning that lateness is unacceptable, I may find it "logical" to lock you out of my classroom. Or perhaps it would be more "logical" to keep you locked in after class for the same number of minutes you were late. Or maybe my "logic" demands that you miss out on the snacks. As you may be starting to suspect, these are not true exercises in logic. They're really more of a free association, where we try to think of a way to make the wrongdoer suffer. We hope that the suffering will motivate the offender to do better in the future. — Joanna Faber

I shall never flaunt the little learning that I have acquired through the care and help my father has given me. If I have learned anything, it is only because he took care to teach me. Had he not taken upon himself the trouble of instructing me, I would be as ignorant as many other children. — Augustin-Louis Cauchy

Most of us are worrying about the future so much that we can't enjoy the present. — Harold Sherman

There is no shame in my saying that we all want to be loved by someone. As I look back over my life in romance, I don't feel I've ever had that. — Sean Penn

Its good to live alone than to live in a bad company — George Washington