Lesen Quotes & Sayings

The problem with capitalism is that it best rewards the worst part of us: the ruthless, competitive, conniving, opportunistic, acquisitive drives, giving little reward and often much punishment-or at least much handicap-to honesty, compassion, fair play, many forms of hard work, love of justice, and a concern for those in need. — Michael Parenti

The skit was very successful based on the applause. After that show, the three of us decided to get together and try and come up with some songs that we could all participate in. — Phil Harris

I think it was Lessing who once said, 'There are things which must cause you to lose your reason or you have none to lose'. An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behaviour. — Viktor E. Frankl

It was well said of a certain German book that 'er lasst sich nicht lesen" - it does not permit itself to be read. — Edgar Allan Poe

The best teachers of humanity are the lives of great men. — Charles Henry Fowler

Thinking ... is what gets you caught from behind. — O.J. Simpson

I hate cynicism - it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. — Conan O'Brien

Most of what we do to get people ready to act in situations of encounter consists of drilling these lists into them sufficiently deeply so that they will be evoked quickly at the time of the decision. — Herbert Simon

Your age doesn't define your maturity; your grades don't define your ability; and what people say about you doesn't define who you are. — Nicky Gumbel

You're happy when you help others become happy. — Dalai Lama

Never trust a fiction author. They spend countless hours making you believe in a world they created. They are among the best, most dedicated liars in the world. — James Ticknor

You make a movie to entertain audiences. That's why you make a movie. The product sales is because people love the characters, and to me, that is a testament to how our movie has become so ingrained in family's homes all around the world and that's why I make movies. — John Lasseter

well, legislators and leaders of men, such as Lycurgus, Solon, Mahomet, Napoleon, and so on, were all without exception criminals, from the very fact that, making a new law, they transgressed the ancient one, handed down from their ancestors and held sacred by the people, and they did not stop short at bloodshed either, if that bloodshed - often of innocent persons fighting bravely in defence of ancient law - were — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

What is hell other than a realm in which unholiness works without restraint in body and soul? — Abraham Kuyper