Minotaur Books Quotes & Sayings

Life is too short not to enjoy as much of it as you can — Dennis Prager

Remember that everyone you see and every situation you find yourself in has come from inside of you; you have created your reality by how you have treated others in your past. — Sharon Gannon

In books and movies whenever someone dies there is always an underlying subtext, some kind of grand cosmic lesson to be gleaned from the experience. Popular culture perpetuates the fallacy that whenever someone or something is taken away, someone or something else is always out there waiting in the wings to take its place by the last turn of the page or that final post-credits scene. The reader closes the book with a satisfied smile, the audience leaves the theater filled to the brim with warm fuzzy feelings. But that's entertainment for you, and the world would be a far less wonderful place without their happy endings. However, in the real world what once was, no longer is, and survivors are more often than not left with no other choice but to move on, cosmic lessons learned or not. — Kingfisher Pink

A formally recognized equality does, however, accord the smaller nations a position which they should be able to use increasingly in the interest of humanity as a whole and in the service of the ideal. — Hjalmar Branting

A good friend who points out mistakes and imperfections and rebukes evil is to be respected as if he reveals the secret of some hidden treasure. — Dalai Lama XIV

I hear many people talk about their longing for a balanced life. What I think they are really expressing is a desire for a life with less pressure. — Mary Anne Radmacher

Through the skill and devotion to duty of their armed forces of all branches in the Midway area our citizens can now rejoice that a momentous victory is in the making. — Chester W. Nimitz

There's a game called Checkout where there's grocery items and it's how much you think the manufacturer's suggested retail price is and we add up your total, then your total has to be within $2 of the regular total. I don't think I could ever win that game. — Drew Carey

Satan walks nowhere on this Earth, nor has he ever, save where he treads within the human heart. — Joseph D'Lacey