Mauney Associates Quotes & Sayings

Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his cabinet because atheists wouldn't swear an oath to God. That was Jefferson and we have never had any Muslims in the cabinet. — Pat Robertson

They that have lived a single day have lived an age. — Jean De La Bruyere

One who has passed the thirtieth year
already is as good as dead
it would be best to kill you off by then. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

BUSINESS and LIFE are like a bank account-you can't take out more than you put in. — William Feather

I downloaded a Ricky Gervais podcast once at the persistent urging of a friend and found it funny but distracting - if I'm online, I'm surfing, which means I'm distracted from the podcast. So it's a form that doesn't really work for me. — Rachel Sklar

Color does to me what the touch of the earth did to the giant Antaeus - sends new life, vitality, courage, initiative surging through me. Sometime the scientists will discover that color is a renewer of life. — Emilie Loring

For the rest of our lives, all we can hear are our names chanted over and over, until we are deaf to everything else. — Sherman Alexie

The Word of God never dies. — Robert Godfrey

Where do one's fears come from? Where do they shape themselves? Where do they hide before coming out into the open? — Agatha Christie

To some extent we are all the prisoners of stereotypes; we see each other in terms of distorted and oversimplified images. Better communication in the realm of ideas, of the arts, and of science can help refashion these false images. And by seeing more clearly we may act more wisely. — Chester Bowles

Katrina held Bram in her arms, speaking softly, reassuringly, as they approached baby Modoc.
This was an important moment, a beginning, for she knew the boy would spend his life with animals, especially elephants, and the meeting was of utmost importance. Neither the elephant nor the baby said a word. All was quiet as they looked at each other. Mo's small trunk wormed its way up, reaching to the baby. As Bram leaned over, his little hand pulled loose from Katrina's grasp found its way down toward the trunk. A finger extended to meet the tip of the trunk. Bram's expression was one of curiosity; he felt the wet tip, Modoc moved her "finger" all around Bram's hand, sliding it across each finger and the palm. A big tickle grin spread across Bram's face, Modoc did her elephant "chirp," a tear glistened as it ran down Katrina's face. All was well. The future had been written. — Ralph Helfer

Think of the first Apple II being shipped in 1977. It took almost a decade for it to land in my school where I could see it. — Brendan Iribe

Religious men often think about death, and Abelard had given some thought to his last words. "I told you so" had not been on the list. The — Max Gladstone