Leslie Knope Binder Quotes & Sayings

Do not expect to be acknowledged for what you are, much less for what you would be; since no one can well measure a great man but upon the bier. — Walter Savage Landor

But then the fate of shy people is that all of their fears usually come true. — Manu Joseph

Peter was the current someone she used to keep from relying on herself, the crutch to hold on to, to promise herself that if she only had him to love, she would have it all come together. Why did she keep throwing men up as smoke screens between herself and herself? — Barbara Howar

Overhead will eat you alive if not constantly viewed as a parasite to be exterminated. Never mind the bleating of those you employ. Hold out until mutiny is imminent before employing even a single additional member of staff. More startups are wrecked by overstaffing than by any other cause, bar failure to monitor cash flow. — Felix Dennis

Society is indeed a contract. Subordinate contracts for objects of mere occasional interest may be dissolved at pleasure - but the state ought not to be considered as nothing better than a partnership agreement in a trade of pepper and coffee, calico, or tobacco, or some other such low concern, to be taken up for a little temporary interest, and to be dissolved by the fancy of the parties. It is to be looked on with other reverence, because it is not a partnership in things subservient only to the gross animal existence of a temporary and perishable nature. — Edmund Burke

As he wrote, the candle in the window kept flickering, and despite his desk lamp the flickering distracted him. He sat back in the old wooden school chair he'd had since college and heard the reassuring squeak of the wood under him. At the firm he was failing to even register what was needed of him. Daily now he faced column after of column of meaningless numbers he was supposed to make square with company claims. He was making mistakes with a frequency that was frightening, and he feared, more than he had in the first days following my disappearance, that he would not be able to support his remaining children.

~pgs 135-136; Susie's father on death — Alice Sebold

It is only through the opposition of ideas that we can learn to be self-critical, to work towards intellectual humility. — Tariq Ramadan

I would once again be an outsider, my nose pressed against the glass, watching the ball with no ticket to attend. — Alessandra Torre

Charity, patience and tenderness are very beautiful gifts. If you have them, you want to share them with others. — Pope Francis

I, who fall short in managing my own affairs, can see just how it would profit my neighbor if I managed his. — Anne Ellis

Become one of those people who work hard, invest and build, and at the same time create employment and opportunities for others. — Gina Rinehart

I wanted to be at my sister's funeral, but my family has always had a complicated dynamic. — Nick Carter

My favorite pajama patterns are as follows: 1. Mt. Fuji
2. A hawk
3. An eggplant! — Ryo Akizuki

I've always found it very important to do your homework first and then talk. — Irwin M. Jacobs