Nerdery Stock Quotes & Sayings

And if i asked you to name all the things that you love, how long would it take for you to name yourself? — Anonymous

We've got this cultural mentality that you've got to be an idiot to be a farmer. — Joel Salatin

When I was three, I wanted to be four. When I was four, I wanted to be prime minister. — Jeffrey Archer

A botanist would have been stumped, coming across a tree like this one. Yet, if we are to judge a tree by its fruit, it was clearly an avocado. I picked the fruit, sliced it open, and tasted it to make sure. There was no doubt in my mind. If it looks like an avocado and tastes like an avocado, it has got to be an avocado. However, the tree itself had a white bark like that of a birch and its sap tasted like birch juice. Its leaves were delicate like that of a cypress, while its trunk and the root system reminded me of a baobab. Could it be that someone had grafted an avocado on to a baobab tree? And if so, why the bark so white and the leaves so, well, feathery, and delicate yet bold like a dragonfly's wing? Why is there not another tree like it nearby? Where had the seed of this tree come from? I had no answer. So, I put the seed of the fruit in my pocket and took it home with me to see if I could make it grow. — Uguisse Packard

You are a Fox," Andrew said, like it was that simple, and maybe it was. Nathaniel — Nora Sakavic

Even when I feared and detested Christianity, I was struck by its essential unity, which, in spite of its divisions, it has never lost. I trembled on recognizing the same unmistakable aroma coming from the writings of Dante and Bunyan, Thomas Aquinas and William Law. — C.S. Lewis

I think there is no better way to invite a human being to view their body differently than by inviting them to be an athlete, by revering one's body as an instrument rather than just an ornament. — Alanis Morissette

I can handle a lot of work. I've always been able to. I'm a very focused individual. I come to my studio at about 7:30 in the morning and exit almost 5:00 P.M. In that time, those eight or nine hours, it's kind of laser focus on whatever I'm working on. There aren't really any distractions or anything. — Jeff Lemire

The one key line used by a very rich Hudson salesman: Would you like to buy a car now, without waiting? — Joe Girard

An open society calls itself open to improvement. It is based on the recognition that people have divergent views and interests, and that nobody is in possession of the ultimate truth. — George Soros

A friend is a favourable family. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Life is like a dogsled race. If you ain't the lead dog, the scenery never changes. — Lewis Grizzard

It is the policy of the United States not to engage in torture, and there are federal criminal laws that prohibit torture. — John Yoo

Almost every writer I know dreads the moment when someone tries to give you an idea. It's not that the ideas are bad, just that the relationship between writer and novel is so personal that it's a little like someone trying to play matchmaker for a happily married person. — Laura Lippman