Pattersons Quotes & Sayings

All knowledge is partial, infinitesimally partial. Reason is a net thrown out into an ocean. What truth it brings in is a fragment, a glimpse, a scintillation of the whole truth. — Ursula K. Le Guin

Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays. Man alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creatures endures. A fear of time running out. — Mitch Albom

Reagan was conservative, but he didn't approach global management with an unbending religious zeal. — Randall Robinson

Always after a defeat and a respite, the Shadow takes another shape and grows again. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Powerful indeed is the empire of habit. — Publilius Syrus

But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs. — Niklaus Wirth

We were trying to transform America, not triumph over white folk. — Andrew Young

When you touch someone who authentically represents a tradition, you not only touch his or her tradition, you also touch your own. — Thich Nhat Hanh

No society is complete without some victim, a creature to pity, to jeer at, to scorn or to protect. — Honore De Balzac

My hope is, as we start sixth grade, as we get older and wiser, that we all learn to trust each other enough so that we can truly be ourselves, and accept each other for who we really are. Thank you. How I Finally Introduced Myself I — R.J. Palacio