Patzalt Quotes & Sayings

It is not that the average is never useful. Averages have their place. If you're comparing two different groups of people, like comparing the performance of Chilean pilots with French pilots - as opposed to comparing two individuals from each of those groups - then the average can be useful. But the moment you need a pilot, or a plumber, or a doctor, the moment you need to teach this child or decide whether to hire that employee - the moment you need to make a decision about any individual - the average is useless. Worse than useless, in fact, because it creates the illusion of knowledge, when in fact the average disguises what is most important about an individual. — Todd Rose

Of course people don't want war. Why should a poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best thing he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? — Hermann Goring

Alys," he exclaims happily. "I think this might work out. You're going to be excellent in getting rid of unwanted visitors."
"I'm not a fucking Rottweiler," I say indignantly. — Lily Morton

When you refuse to pay attention to what life is saying to you, life will make its point very clear. Life wants us to be aware of ourselves so we can make the necessary adjustments in order to live more harmoniously. — Iyanla Vanzant

This is the story of how my recklessness became my salvation. — Aspen Matis

In the midst of the sense of tragedy or loss, sometimes laughter is not only healing, it's a way of experiencing the person that you've lost again. — Alan Alda

I would never do hard-core pornography, because it looks too much like open-heart surgery. — John Waters

Be humble and kind. Kindness has power in it. Look at Mother Teresa, the truest example of kindness. She was humble, kind, and fragile yet she was also a symbol of power. I have never heard of a woman more powerful than her. When we hear name, we must bow our heads with deep respect. — Debasish Mridha

The soul passeth from form to form; and the mansions of her pilgrimage are manifold. — Georg Hermes

If people have simple solutions to the situation on the border, it's not a solution. — Sylvia Longmire

Is it nice, my preciousss? Is it juicy? Is it scrumptiously crunchable? — J.R.R. Tolkien

I wasn't a person after all. I was simply this exotic thing for people to observe and investigate, an alien in any environment I was in. — M.B. Dallocchio

There are many teenage vampire books you could have purchased instead. I'm grateful you made this choice. — Mindy Kaling