Nancie Wight Quotes & Sayings

We all have some taste or other, of too ancient a date to admit of our remembering it was an acquired one. — Charles Lamb

Imagination flourishes best in solitude. — Anthony Storr

He who leaves a fault unpunished invites crime. — Publilius Syrus

What is madness ... to go on platonically loving a woman who will never love you. — Gerard De Nerval

Clever name by the way Basil Pearl, spicy and cultured, sweet jewels with a twist of savory."
~ Ron Shaw, The Ron Shaw Show — Ron Shaw

There is one thing that, more than any other, throws people absolutely off their balance - the thought that you are dependent upon them. This is sure to produce an insolent and domineering manner towards you. There are some people, indeed, who become rude if you enter into any kind of relation with them; for instance, if you have occasion to converse with them frequently upon confidential matters, they soon come to fancy that they can take liberties with you, and so they try and transgress the laws of politeness. This is why there are so few with whom you care to become more intimate, and why you should avoid familiarity with vulgar people. If a man comes to think that I am more dependent upon him than he is upon me, he at once feels as though I had stolen something from him; and his endeavor will be to have his vengeance and get it back. The only way to attain superiority in dealing with men, is to let it be seen that you are independent of them. — Arthur Schopenhauer

Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. — Solomon

All we know so far is what doesn't work. — Richard P. Feynman

The enterprise market is never winner-take-all. — Satya Nadella

Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. The sudden disaster that requires the end of checks and balances, the dissolution of opposition parties, the suspension of freedom of expression, the right to a fair trial, and so on, is the oldest trick in the Hitlerian book. Do not fall for it. — Timothy Snyder

Thus to forgive is indeed the best form of self-interest since anger, resentment, and revenge are corrosive of that summum bonum, that greatest good, communal harmony that enhances the humanity and personhood of all in the community. — Desmond Tutu

Maybe I just left it too late, and things changed too much for us to go back to where we were. — Kate Le Vann

To the elitist hedonist, life is the avoidance of boredom and routine. — Timothy Leary