Paugus Quotes & Sayings

I hold one thing dearer than all else: my commitment to my son. — Chris Gardner

In cases in which the related previous personality had committed suicide, the subject has shown an inclination to contemplate and threaten suicide. — Ian Stevenson

Every established fact which is too bad to admit of any other defence is always presented to us as an injunction of religion. — John Stuart Mill

Included among the ecclesiastical works on his bedroom shelves were the writings of "The Great Agnostic," Robert Ingersoll, whom the brothers and Katharine were encouraged to read. "Every mind should be true to itself - should think, investigate and conclude for itself," wrote Ingersoll. It was the influence of Ingersoll apparently that led the brothers to give up regular attendance at church, a change the Bishop seems to have accepted without protest. — David McCullough

"Some people develop a love of something and that love is a lifelong love. Like, say, a scientist. He is on a quest for knowledge. He loves theories. He loves testing his theories. He loves this quest for knowledge. And maybe he is only a teacher or a professor but he still loves this knowledge, he loves what he does and he wants to share it with people. Sure, there are some days when he doesn't want to get out of bed in the morning and go to the job but when he stands back and, and... puts it all into perspective... he realizes it's not that bad at all. He likes what he does. On the other hand, you take a man who works in a factory. It's unrealistic to think this man likes putting the same bolt in the same part or whatever for eight to twelve hours a day. He does it for a paycheck so he can support his family or his booze habit or whatever. But every day, when he goes to work, he has to put himself into something like a coma because he hates what he does so much. Do you follow me? — Andersen Prunty

Never think of any right effort as being fruitless. All right effort bears fruit, whether we see the results or not. — Peace Pilgrim

I have been stupid and regret making a silly mistake experimenting with drugs. — Richard Bacon

I like the feeling of making things. It's very very rewarding. And filmmaking is that type of experience, where you're forced to collaborate with so many people. You're involved in the beginning to end, you're involved with so many elements, and when it's done, you're like, 'I made this movie.' — Chris Evans

Frankly, I don't see markets; I see risks, rewards, and money. — Larry Hite

Everyday heroism is all about doing what we ought to on a daily basis and regardless of the tons of pressures that come on our way. — Assegid Habtewold

Music is thousands and thousands of years old and I don't think that basic, primitive connection to the language of music ever changes. — Spike Jonze

Happiness can be defined, in part at least, as the fruit of the desire and ability to sacrifice what we want now for what we want eventually. — Stephen Covey

It's very hard to review one's past without cheating a little. — Simon De Beauvoir

Darzee was a feather-brained little fellow who could never hold more than one idea at a time in his head. — Rudyard Kipling