Norquist Coffee Quotes & Sayings

Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them but because we had them. — Seneca.

If the present civilisation does not acquire some stable moral fondations ("bases morales stables", Fr.), its existence will hardly be more assured than that of the civilisations that have preceeded it, and which have fallen (or collapse, or failed — African Spir

I'll do almost anything for a laugh. — Melissa McCarthy

I don't sleep. I wait. I sleep in cars and on couches. I sleep when I can, but when I can't sleep, I just don't, so I figure there's a higher calling keeping me on point that night. — Charlie Sheen

Wishes float where hope leaves off. — Louise Caiola

Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians. — Alan Dershowitz

A friend who won't respond to what a friend can't ask is like a looking glass in which you cannot see yourself. — Matthew Sharpe

That the past is ahead, in front of us, is a conception of time that helps us retain our memories and to be aware of its presents. What is behind us [the future] cannot be seen and is liable to be forgotten readily. What is ahead of us [the past] cannot be forgotten so readily or ignored, for it is in front of our minds' eyes, always reminding us of its presence. The past is alive in us, so in more than a metaphorical sense the dead are alive - we are our history. — Epeli Hau'ofa

When you look at Yahoo Answers, there can be a lot of garbage. But if you're careful about the rules and supporting good contributions, over time you can get better and better, like Wikipedia. — Adam D'Angelo

Create something, sell it, make it better, sell it some more and then create something that obsoletes what you used to make. — Guy Kawasaki

I give you my wings. — Kenneth Oppel

Inspiration is that state in which mind and heart are connected. — Deepak Chopra

I slide down and sit on the shower floor and just let the scalding hot water run over me until I don't have any tears left. — Randi Cooley Wilson

Motherhood was a twenty-four-hour-a-day, all-encompassing job. It was the hardest job I ever had. Everything that happened to you [her child] happened to me. I had once heard children described in a novel as "hostages to fortune" and certainly my happiness depended on yours. — Amy Poehler

You should prize this pain of yours. This is what will make you human all the way through. Nothing less will do that. — Diana Abu-Jaber