Manneristic Quotes & Sayings

Business schools make a fortune forcing their students to take in a HUGE amount of information. The majority of it is theoretical. The majority of that is useless. — Josh Kaufman

And suddenly I realized that this too was a message, a last wordless communication among neighbors. For I, too, had a hiding place when things were bad. Jesus was this place, the Rock cleft for me. I pressed a finger to the tiny crevice. — Corrie Ten Boom

And oh my God, who brought that goddamn guitar? I want to kill them. Do you know how you can tell who the douche bag is at the party? It's the guy who starts playing the acoustic guitar. — Robin Benway

I like working with kids because I enjoy seeing the looks on their faces and, it's kind of selfish, I want a future audience. — Joshua Bell

Israel gives the West Bank water twice a week! One way of promoting good would be not to ration water. — Zubin Mehta

Those who wish that success would fall into their laps will wish forever. But those who look at the world as it is, who recognize that the consumer is king, who take the trouble to find out what the consumer wants ~ these men make fortunes. People will always reward them ~ because people will not want to be without their services. — Harry Browne

Ridicule is not a part of the scientific method and the public should not be taught that it is — J. Allen Hynek

God still speaks to us. He speaks not from a life of ease, far removed from our suffering. He speaks from the cross, the same place of agony where we live. He speaks as one who joins our suffering wherever we are. He blesses us as he says, "I am with you now in your suffering. Take courage. Soon you will be with me in Paradise." So we realize that from the cross Jesus enacts the words of Aaron's benediction. Lifted on the rough beams, Jesus is yet God shining on us in favor. Even when we killed him, Jesus was gracious to us. Lined with pain, cut and bleeding, his countenance yet radiated love. The most shameful thing human beings have ever done, putting the incarnate Son of God to death, has become the greatest sign of his blessing grace. — Gerrit Scott Dawson

The world is beating a path to our door — Bruce Perens

If she wanted you, her eyes would buy you out - and you won't even know it. She
was three parts devil, and two parts human; and what remained - unchained
spirit. — Prashant Chopra

Innovation never happens as planned. — Gifford Pinchot

Your thoughts are transparent. — Wayne Gerard Trotman

The music I turn out these days is the kind of music I want to hear myself. — Esa-Pekka Salonen

with forefinger wagging, explained that he was an artist and that his tales should not be seen as literal constructs but as imaginative re-creations, truer than the truth, and — Neil Gaiman

There's a big difference, as I'm sure you know, it's a slightly manneristic one, between people of the '60s and people of '68. Being a soixante-huitard - it's so nice to have a French word for it - is very different from just having happened to been a baby boomer in the '60s. — Christopher Hitchens

Never trust a writer. They are too good at making Stories. — Himanshu Chhabra