Mentsch Quotes & Sayings

I don't think money can help you become a better painter, for sure. You can have all the studios you want; it won't help you make a better painting. — Peter Doig

Once you've been around for a bit you get to know stuff. — Neil Gaiman

The first part of madness is believing what you hear. The Second is acting on it. — Sam Hawksmoor

God created human beings in his own likeness. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I guess I am not naturally energetic. I like to sit around and talk. — Calvin Coolidge

Lets take away the incentives to do 'to' patients and instead create incentives to do 'for' patients, to be 'with' patients. We don't need to do comparative effectiveness trials to see if that works; we can just ask patients. — Abraham Verghese

Oh! Hello Josephine!" he exclaimed, turning to face us. "Who is this oysgeputst mentsch with the pitse?" he whispered noisily in her ear. "Just a friend, Isaac. Goodnight!" "Friend of yours?" I asked as we hit the second floor landing and started up the next round of stairs. Jo turned over her shoulder and smiled. "He's a rabbi and sometimes I help feed his goldfish if he's running late. Did you know they have Kosher fish flakes? — R.S. Grey

Some people are so fond of ill luck that they run halfway to meet it. — Douglas William Jerrold

My palms were sweaty despite the aridity, and my heart beat at an accelerated pace. What if she had been kidnapped? Or momnapped. Fucking napped! — Laurel Ulen Curtis

When the mother and father love their children, they do not compare them, they do not compare their child with another child; it is their child and they love their child. But you want to compare yourself with something better, with something nobler, with something richer, so you create in yourself a lack of love. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

A journey of 1,000 miles starts with just 10 digits. — Gayle Forman

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. — Joseph Addison