Peikert Chris Quotes & Sayings

Winning begins at home. It begins with your thoughts and your actions. — Frederick Lenz

The worst thing about being a great power is when you're not one any more. It takes centuries to get over it. — Ben Elton

As a kid, I was pretty obsessed with dinosaurs and the day that my parents took me to Dinosaur National Park, I didn't think life could get any better. — Chelsea Clinton

One of the best ways to realize that age is an illusion is to have your body get older and realize that you are who you always have been. — Alan Cohen

It is fatal to suppose the great writer was too wise or too profound for us ever to understand him; to think of art so is not to praise but to murder it, for the next step after that tribute will be neglect of the masterpiece. — John Erskine

Harvey never had an original idea or thought in his life. I was out wandering around the country doing charity benefits, mainly, when I asked him to come along. — Tim Conway

What is clear to one man may be doubtful to another. — Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

I don't think I shall send it anywhere, he answered, tossing his head back in that odd way that used to make his friends laugh — Oscar Wilde

Picture a bird perched on a thin branch, she [Miss Saeki] says. 'The branch sways in the wind, and each time this happens the bird's field of vision shifts. You know what I mean?'
I nod.
'When that happens, how do you think the bird adjusts?'
I shake my head. 'I don't know.'
'It bobs its head up and down, making up for the sway of the branch. Take a good look at birds the next time it's windy. I spend a lot of time looking out that window. Don't you think that kind of life would be tiresome? Always shifting your head every time the branch you're on sways?'
'I do.'
'Birds are used to it. It comes naturally to them. They don't have to think about it, they just do it. So it's not as tiring as we imagine. But I'm a human being, not a bird, so sometimes it does get tiring. — Haruki Murakami

The commands of God are all designed to make us more happy than we can possibly be without them. — Thomas F. Wilson

Most people believe that their listening skills are where they need to be, even though they aren't. A study at Wright State University surveyed more than 8,000 people from different verticals, and almost all rated themselves as listening as well as or better than their co-workers. We know intuitively that many of them are wrong. — Travis Bradberry

They all went into the bar business. Which was a mistake, because they began to sip at the merchandise and it set them back, set us all back. Well, them more than I. — Frank McCourt

You know how they say the grass is always greener on the other side? It is greener, because you're not there. And if you go you'll trample it and leave dirty footprints and probably spill something poisonous. — Ekaterina Sedia

If 'just' is all you can give me now, then 'just' is what we'll do. — Chloe Neill