Missourian Quotes & Sayings

It must be possible for an empirical system to be refuted by experience. — Karl Popper

Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising. — P. J. O'Rourke

I'm a Kansan by residence, a Missourian by employment, a Louisianan by birth, Southern by the grace of God, and a Tybee Islander at heart. — Dick Peterson

The best moderators are the moderators who are essentially invisible. A moderator who is there to be seen and heard and to be talked about either, 'oh, God, what a great question,' or, 'oh, God, what a lousy question,' that to me is a failed moderator. — Jim Lehrer

When I was a kid, my mother used to film all of our holidays and all of the good times, and I kind of associated the camera with everything being okay and everything being happy. — Natalia Kills

What I would not like is to be ignored. I write from the heart. I don't write for me. I write for my readers. — Ashwin Sanghi

four accounts of how praise may impede performance: it signals low ability, makes people feel pressured, invites a low-risk strategy to avoid failure, and reduces interest in the task itself. — Alfie Kohn

No-one works for money alone and tapping into what people want from their careers and what they have to offer is essential. — Ricardo Semler

Ay, Mijita. Haven't you learned by now? Love will always guide you home. — L.G. Castillo

Take time to smell the roses and eventually you'll inhale a bee. Anon. — Dave Goulson

A thousand years hence, every German will speak with awe of Stalingrad and remember that it was there that Germany put the seal on her victory. — Joseph Goebbels