Mike Cannon Brookes Quotes & Sayings

Dinner, served between 10:00 A.M. and noon, was the main meal of the day. A trumpeter or crier would announce the meal at a castle. When a guest entered, the ladies would curtsey and take their seats. The lord might give the guest a light, quick kiss before showing the guest to his seat at the lord's table. Attendants or pages would bring a washbowl forward and pour water for the guest and lord out of an aquanmanile (an elaborate pitcher). The rest of the diners would wash their hands in a lavabo-type dispenser in the great hall and dry their hands on a long towel. They would then take their seats at the lower trestle tables on benches that often served as their beds at night. The diners were served in order: first the visiting clergy, the visiting nobles, the lord and his family, then the retainers. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

The mystery of the Cross does not simply confront us; rather, it draws us in and gives a new value to our life. This existential aspect of the new concept of worship and sacrifice appears with particular clarity in the twelfth chapter of the Letter to the Romans: "I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual [word-like] worship" (v. 1). — Pope Benedict XVI

Like many persons more interested in power than sensual enjoyment, Sillery touched no strong drink. — Anthony Powell

When meaning is drawn from killing, the risk is that more killing would bring more meaning. — Timothy Snyder

You have always regarded women as disposable, my lord, and you cannot complain if in the end they think the same of you. — Hilary Mantel

We've done both. We can do both. We can raise the quality and still have Walmart prices. — Mike Duke

Next time y'all need to find me, just rub these two wires for the doorbell. — Redman

Reflect on what you do in your day. You may have never realized how some simple harmless activities rob you of precious time — Vivek Naik

Good Morning! Wake up and smile like the morning sun. — Debasish Mridha

What we won't do is pretend that the work of lunatic charlatans is the equivalent of "true scientific discourse." It isn't. — Jimmy Wales