Most Meaningful Senior Quotes & Sayings

This scene may disturb you, so you have to pay attention. — Zane

I'd like to see people, instead of spending so much time on the ethical problem, get after the problems that really affect the people of this country — Richard M. Nixon

But let us not put our sights too high. We do not have to be saviours of the world! We are simply human beings, enfolded in weakness and in hope, called together to change our world one heart at a time. (163) — Jean Vanier

Many systems require slack in order to work well. Old reel-to-reel tape recorders needed an extra bit of tape fed into the mechanism to ensure that the tape wouldn't rip. Your coffee grinder won't grind if you overstuff it. Roadways operate best below 70 percent capacity; traffic jams are caused by lack of slack. In principle, if a road is 85 percent full and everybody goes at the same speed, all cars can easily fit with some room between them. But if one driver speeds up just a bit and then needs to brake, those behind her must brake as well. Now they've slowed down too much, and, as it turns out, it's easier to reduce a car's speed than to increase it again. This small shock - someone lightly deviating from the right speed and then touching her brakes - has caused the traffic to slow substantially. A few more shocks, and traffic grinds to a halt. At 85 percent there is enough road but not enough slack to absorb the small shocks. — Sendhil Mullainathan

I'd heard that Lenny Bruce used a lot of profanity and obscenities in his act, and I was curious. — Sheldon Harnick

You were not called to be a mere church-goer or seat-warmer in the Church of Christ — Sunday Adelaja

For those of us on that Leave side there is a natural credibility with those voters. — Liam Fox

Never mind,' she said, 'I don't see the point of a God.'
'And I don't see much point in a cat.' the Kami replied. — Kij Johnson

It is the same with understanding as with eyes; to a certain size and make, just so much light is necessary, and no more. Whatever is beyond brings darkness and confusion. — Anthony Ashley Cooper

Getting it off the ground is one thing because it has to do with finding the proper people and the financing, but finding the subject is another thing and this is always for me the most difficult part. — Philippe Falardeau

There's this sort of male energy that we have that can seem very destructive. But it doesn't have to be. It actually can be a very positive force. — Nick Flynn