Mathisen Wood Quotes & Sayings

It would be no reproach to a philosopher, that he knew the future better than the past, or even than the present. It is better worth knowing. — Henry David Thoreau

Multitasking Makes You Stupid. Doing more than one thing at a time makes you slower and worse at both tasks. Don't do it. If you think this doesn't apply to you, you're wrong - it does. — Jeff Sutherland

When we have no families, we must find support elsewhere. Sometimes in strangers. We're all alone on this earth. We must take any hand that's offered us. I offer you mine...I'll be your friend, if you wish. The faithful kind.

- Elva — Paul Fleischman

Ain't nothin' but a whole lot of suckin' goin' on in rap. — Eminem

I think I've learned more from women than anyone else, and perhaps from love. What a wonderful testing ground. — Frederick Lenz

At the extreme north, the voyagers are obliged to dance and act plays for employment. — Henry David Thoreau

Successful ... politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle or otherwise manage to manipulate the demanding and threatening elements in their constituencies. — Walter Lippmann

Marcus Garvey, Elijah Muhammed, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Stokely Carmichael, Amiri Baraka and other black male leaders have righteously supported patriarchy. They have all argued that it is absolutely necessary for black men to relegate black women to a subordinate position both in the political sphere and in home life. — Bell Hooks

One of God's high callings for His people is that they be teachers of good things. — Elizabeth George

Education is cumulative, and it affects the breed. - Plato — Louis Cozolino

My world is about stories that entertain; emotions that move; people you'll remember; literature that matters. — M.G. Crisci

I just took the good and the bad from all of the coaches I've been around. — Charles Haley

Easy was, like, spending time with Jennifer on set. Difficult stuff about character is, it was a little bit like just being the only one with no superhuman powers. — Goran Visnjic

I don't think one stalker is allowed to call another stalker a stalker. — Debra Anastasia

The days shuffled by like bland schoolgirls. I didn't notice their individual faces, only their basic uniform: day and night, day and night.
I had no patience for showers or balanced meals. I did a lot of lying on floors - childish certainly, but when one can lie on floors without anyone seeing one, trust me, one will lie on a floor. I discovered, too, the fleeting yet discernible joy of biting into a Whitman's chocolate and throwing the remaining half behind the sofa in the library. I could read, read, read until my eyes burned and the words floating like noodles in soup. — Marisha Pessl