Maretzki Field Quotes & Sayings

Rank and expertise do not necessarily coincide. — Karl E. Weick

When no food is given to the ear,Then let a little be given to the stomach. — Thiruvalluvar

For a man without hobbies, I stand in a wonderful spot, where what I do is my best hobby, and everything else is a poor second. — Robert Preston

How can one be compassionate if you belong to any religion, follow any guru, believe in something, believe in your scriptures, and so on, attached to a conclusion? When you accept your guru, you have come to a conclusion, or when you strongly believe in god or in a saviour, this or that, can there be compassion? You may do social work, help the poor out of pity, out of sympathy, out of charity, but is all that love and compassion? — Jiddu Krishnamurti

Monorail tracks are prefabricated and can be erected relatively quickly: Simply dig a hole every 120 feet or so, plop down a column, and lift the track into place. Because the systems operate above traffic, collisions with errant motorists are never an issue. The trains are automated, saving millions in labor costs in the long run. — Brendan I. Koerner

At the end of the day, I was still a virgin, all alone in a dark room, humping a lubed-up robot. — Ernest Cline

Mothers are odd things. We're quick to think of their nurturing aspects, but there is also some sort of strange darkness there. It tends to be much stronger in connection with sons than with daughters. It's easy for a mother to cross an invisible line and enslave a son with kindness. There's nothing more revolting than a man incapable of slipping his mother's apron strings. He will always revert back to a boy in her presence. I see boys with unnatural attachments to their mothers all the time. It's a sign of the times in which no one ever grows up. We live in soft times. — Damien Echols

Jealousy is an emotion. It doesn't have to make sense. In fact, it usually doesn't. — J. A. Jance