Matekonis Quotes & Sayings

The California constitution provides that our judges are elected, not appointed. They are serving at the pleasure of the people and they are accountable to the people. — Michele Landis Dauber

Faith is the fountain, the foundation and the fosterer of obedience. — Charles Spurgeon

Life is so hard, how can we be anything but kind? — Jack Kornfield

It's a big statement if you use the word 'America' in the title of your poem. — Eileen Myles

There are always greater fish than you have caught, always the lure
of greater task and achievement, always the inspiration to seek, to endure,
to find. — Zane Grey

It's disgusting. They melted my girl down and poured her into their mold. And this perversion is what she cooled into. I can't be near her. Can't see her, smell her, hear her voice chirping like a bird.
I tell her the same thing I've been whispering every night on the roof. I'm sorry. It's my fault. — Pam Bachorz

A good change leader never thinks, "Why are these people acting so badly? They must be bad people." A change leader thinks, "How can I set up a situation that brings out the good in these people? — Chip Heath

Everybody thinks it's glamorous and this spy versus spy stuff is so exciting, but working in that industry and being a CIA operative, like a field officer, is tough. That's a difficult job that usually dismantles their lives in some capacity. — Ryan Reynolds

Ours must be the first age whose great goal, on a nonmaterial plane, is not fulfillment but adjustment; and perhaps just such a goal has served as maladjustment's weapon. — Louis Kronenberger

To pretend angels do not exist because they are invisible is to believe we never sleep because we don't see ourselves sleeping. — Thomas Aquinas

We worked for 11 years to get where we are today, and I want to take our work seriously so that later on I'll be able to appreciate the money we've made. — Maurice Gibb

I thought Sundays were supposed to be relaxing. As a male citizen of America, I'm entitled on Sundays to watch athletic men in tight uniforms ritualistically invade one another's territory, and while they're resting I get to be bombarded with commercials about trucks, pizza, beer, and financial services. That's how it's supposed to be; that's the American dream. — Kevin Hearne

Iraq both poses a continuing threat to the national security of the United States and international peace and security in the Persian Gulf region and remains in material and unacceptable breach of its international obligations by, among other things, continuing to possess and develop a significant chemical and biological weapons capability, actively seeking a nuclear weapons capability, and supporting and harboring terrorist organizations. — Hillary Clinton

I don't think that anyone should doubt Israel's determination to defend itself against terror and destruction. — Benjamin Netanyahu

Do you want my advice?" Patrick asked.
"God, please." She had no idea which way to turn. "Wait. Irrational decisions are rarely the right ones. Take a few days to digest this information before you do anything. — Catherine Bybee