Lourie Quotes & Sayings

The Lourie Center is an important model to consider ... (in) mental health care ... It is imperative that we use this knowledge to help ensure that every young child in our society has the opportunity to get an emotionally healthy start in life. — Tipper Gore

We have treated our most serious adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, in the most juvenile manner - by giving them the silent treatment. In so doing, we have weakened, not strengthened, our bargaining position and our leadership. — Theodore C. Sorensen

Morals were restrictive, but they were grounded on human experience. — Charles Bukowski

To tell you the truth although it would put £500 in my pockets to specify my own patent rails, I cannot do so after the experience I have had. — George Stephenson

Animals die even if you eat vegetables. That is the nature of farming. There is a certain sacrifice involved. — Michael Pollan

The Lourie Center ... is a national pioneer in developing and applying early intervention techniques to diagnose and treat emotional and developmental problems in young children ... — Connie Morella

To help with that, I suggested some new agreements - what I would come to call "The Four Agreements" - to alter old behavior patterns. I told them not to take things personally, and to stop making assumptions. I asked them to be impeccable with the wondrous gift of language: the words they spoke and the words that comprised their innermost thoughts. I asked them to do their best in every effort. Four simple agreements. I also reminded them again and again not to believe, but to listen. Put into practice, these new agreements would cause a disturbance that would alter their reality. — Miguel Ruiz

She was tremendously fond of Ralph. Not hounded by love the way some women were. With Crighton she had been teased endlessly by the idea of it, but with Ralph it was more straightforward. Again not love, more like the feelings you would have for a favorite dog (and, no, she would never have said such a thing to him. Some people, a lot of people, didn't understand how attached one could be to a dog.) — Kate Atkinson

Most of our children are not prodigies, or even particularly gifted in any one field, but they all have the potential to shine as individuals in some way if given the right conditions. — Barbara Lourie Sand

Dr. Lourie's determined and compassionate advocacy led to new and improved services for thousands of children and families across the nation ... the Lourie Center has rededicated itself institutionally to continuing his important work. — C. Everett Koop

Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school. — Madeleine Albright

Social media and Social media marketing are not the same things. Understand social media marketing...seriously! — Timi Nadela

Obscurity is a good thing. You can fail in obscurity. It removes the fear of failure. — Jason Fried

Hodor's real name was Walder. No one knew where "Hodor" had come from, — Anonymous

The Lourie Center provides much-needed services for our youngest and most vulnerable children and their families in our region. Their work and groundbreaking research help our community as well as the nation. — Doug Duncan

I support people having a gun in public full stop, not just in your home. We don't have the right to bear arms because of burglars. We have the right to bear arms to resist the supreme power of a corrupt and abusive government. It's not about duck hunting, it's about the ability of the individual. It's the same reason we have freedom of speech, — Vince Vaughn