Ollestad Construction Quotes & Sayings

To win applause one must write stuff so simple that a coachman might sing it. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Questions are the important thing, answers are less important. Learning to ask a good question is the heart of intelligence. Learning the answer-well, answers are for students. Questions are for thinkers. — Roger Schank

You have to give everybody another recourse as some means other than violence, no matter how distasteful it may be to have to deal with them and what they represent. — Anthony Zinni

And now, I'm going to sleep. I'll see you in the morning, he said to Simon. "You," he said to Jace, "well, I guess I'll see you around. You're the first Shadowhunter I've ever met."
"That's too bad," said Jace, "since all the ones you meet from now on will be a terrible letdown."
Kyle rolled his eyes and left, banging his bedroom door shut behind him. — Cassandra Clare

Wolverine is a jerk!! And he smells like beers! — Chris Yost

Someday, down the line, I'm going to marry you by that lighthouse. We'll just renew our vows or something, I tell her. — Tara Sivec

For man to go from less than 1% haves to 40%, living at high standard - despite decreasing resources - cannot be explained by anything other than by doing more than less. — R. Buckminster Fuller

Being more self-aware means welcoming more light into a dull life. When we throw light upon our self-perceptions, we immediately realise that the light has always been there, yet we had created an illusion of darkness. — Raphael Zernoff

I had to take a bit of a break and fast for a while, but then I found myself very, very hungry when I got back to [song-writing]. — Damien Rice

There's a lot of room for error with a wound in the rear. It's a wide target. — James Garner

The nonviolence I teach is active nonviolence of the strongest. But the weakest can partake in it without becoming weaker. — Mahatma Gandhi

Most firms are looking for people who will stay up until three A.M. seven nights a week making slides for a partner who goes home to Wellesley for dinner every night at five P.M. - and who will do so thinking that they're 'winning.' Look at it this way: most firms assume that you'll leave for law school or business school within three years, and they invest in your training accordingly. Quality mentoring when you're young is worth whatever you pay for it. Sometimes that means less money, sometimes that means less of a life beyond work. But quality mentoring is not going to be delivered by someone who is twenty-six, and just one tidal cycle ahead of you. — Marina Keegan

Sometimes it's better not to ask-or to listen-when tell you something can't be done. I didn't ask for permission or approval. I just went ahead and did it. — Michael Dell

A versifier passes through the sound; sounds go through a poet. — Dejan Stojanovic