M16a4 Quotes & Sayings

I didn't really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I was brought up to think for myself. — Billie Jean King

Compared to dreams, reality can be truly cruel. But it can also come up with beautiful surprises. — Nujood Ali

I was born in Iran, left at a very young age - less than a year old - and grew up and was educated in the West. — Hooman Majd

I come from a very hospitable, close, Catholic, matriarchal family. — Francesca Annis

It is not important what you see, but it is important the way you see it. — Debasish Mridha

Sometimes we are inclined to think that a very great portion of modern revivalism has been more a curse than a blessing, because it has led thousands to a kind of peace before they have known their misery; restoring the prodigal to the Father's house, and never making him say, "Father, I have sinned." — Charles Spurgeon

The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. — G.K. Chesterton

My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time. — Steve Jobs

Happiness is not an absolute value. It is a state of comparison. — Zadie Smith

Very little is needed for everything to be upset and ruined, only a slight lapse in reason. — Epictetus

For example, for most of our loyal repeat customers, we do surprise upgrades to overnight shipping, even though we only promise them standard ground shipping when they choose the free shipping option. In conjunction with that, we run our warehouse 24/7, which actually isn't the most efficient way to run a warehouse. The most efficient way to run a warehouse is to let the orders pile up, so that when a warehouse worker needs to walk around the warehouse to pick the orders, the picking density is higher, so the picker has less of a distance to walk. But we're not trying to maximize for picking efficiency. We're trying to maximize the customer experience, which in the e-commerce business is defined in part by getting orders out to our customers as quickly as possible. The combination of a 24/7 warehouse, surprise upgrades to overnight shipping, and having our warehouse located just fifteen — Tony Hsieh

But we're very much an American band and that's that. I think that's part of the appeal outside of this country and it might be part of the reason people turned away from us within this country, because familiarity breeds contempt. — Michael Stipe

Each act is an island in time, to be judged on its own. — Alan Lightman