Pavonine Quotes & Sayings

It takes almost no capital to open a new See's candy store. We're drowning in capital of our own that has almost no cost. It would be crazy to franchise stores like some capital-starved pancake house. We like owning our own stores as a matter of quality control. — Charlie Munger

A friend is a beloved mystery; dearest always because he is not ourself, and has something in him which it is impossible for us to fathom. If it were not so, friendship would lose its chief zest. — Lucy Larcom

He had a temper, not a good thing. Because I had one too. — Nicole Williams

By calling into question the very ideal of a universal, autonomous reason (which was, in the Enlightenment, the basis for rejecting religious thought) and further demonstrating that all knowledge is grounded in narrative or myth, Lyotard relativizes (secular) philosophy's claim to autonomy and so grants the legitimacy of a philosophy that grounds itself in Christian faith. Previously such a distinctly Christian philosophy would have been exiled from the 'pure' arena of philosophy because of its 'infection' with bias and prejudice. Lyotard's critique, however, demonstrates that no philosophy - indeed, no knowledge - is untainted by prejudice or faith commitments. In this way the playing field is leveled, and new opportunities to voice a Christian philosophy are created. Thus Lyotard's postmodern critique of metanarratives, rather than being a formidable foe of Christian faith and thought, can in fact be enlisted as an ally in the construction of a Christian philosophy. — James K.A. Smith

I drive a hybrid, moving into an electric car. I only drink tap water, never consume food that's travelled. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

I lived in a little working-class town that had no black neighborhoods at all - one high school. We all played together. Everybody was either somebody from the South or an immigrant from East Europe or from Mexico. And there was one church, and there were four elementary schools. And we were all, pretty much until the end of the war, very, very poor. — Toni Morrison

My toughest opponent has always been me. — Muhammad Ali

Because, you know, you're in Utah. And because of its political conservatism, if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. — Robert Redford

Even in the saddest moments of life, the happiness of simply being, the joy of just having existence must be remembered strongly! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

You'll cave eventually Pix. I give good date, among other things. — Scarlett Cole

Is [Obama] the worst president ever? He's certainly the most destructive president we've had in terms of tearing apart this country and all of the freedoms that we have fought for. — Kimberly Guilfoyle

What bloody man is that? He can report,
As seemeth by his plight, of the revolt
The newest state. — William Shakespeare

Comets develop their distinctive tails when their surface material begins to evaporate as they approach the Sun. — Bill Bryson

Your quest is for darkness only. This sea is not your sea. The myths of men are not your myths. Men's treasures are not yours. — Anne Rice