Pfeifenstock Quotes & Sayings

Stop a bit and think it over. There do be some knots mighty aisy to tie but the untying is a cat of a different brade. — L.M. Montgomery

We are convinced, as some of you may be convinced, that changing the way we produce and use energy is essential to America's economic future, that it will create millions of new jobs, power new industries, keep us competitive, and spark new innovation. — Barack Obama

It takes no great imagination to see that this picture of David is drastically different from the portrayals given in the Samuel traditions. It is not hard to see that such a constructed picture of David surely serves the context of the fifth century and no doubt serves the specific claims of the Levitic priesthood. The truth about David given here is that David is a pious, cultic man who finds his life shaped and enhanced by such explicit religious commitment. He is indeed a man of the assembly. — Walter Brueggemann

'Unlikely Brothers' talks about the importance of citizen action and shows why and how we can make a difference. — John Prendergast

He serves me somewhat darkly, now, I grant, Yet will he soon attain the light of reason. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

I am a mother. I see clearly that while I've been teaching them, they have been my reason to learn. — Tsara Shelton

What I mean is that if you really want to understand something, the best way is to try and explain it to someone else. That forces you to sort it out in your own mind. And the more slow and dim-witted your pupil, the more you have to break things down into more and more simple ideas. And that's really the essence of programming. By the time you've sorted out a complicated idea
into little steps that even a stupid machine can deal with, you've certainly learned something about it yourself. The teacher usually learns more than the pupil. Isn't that true? — Douglas Adams

It's wonderful to be in love. And it's definitely wonderful to cuddle and have sex and get to experience life with somebody. But it's OK if you don't find him and you're 24. You can find it someday. — Leighton Meester

What I have learned from about twenty years of serious reading is this: It is sentences that change my life, not books. What changes my life is some new glimpse of truth, some powerful challenge, some resolution to a long-standing dilemma, and these usually come concentrated in a sentence or two. I do not remember 99% of what I read, but if the 1% of each book or article I do remember is a life-changing insight, then I don't begrudge the 99%.
From Quantitative Hopelessness and the Immeasurable Moment — John Piper

all you get from sitting on the pity pot is a big ring around your butt. — Jerusha Jones

You see ... it's really quite strenuous doing nothing all day, so once a week we take a holiday and go nowhere, which was just where we were going when you came along. Would you care to join us? — Norton Juster

it was easier to live without
something you've never had, because you didn't know what you were missing, but once you've had
something it was difficult giving it up. — Cora Reilly

I've learned from doing my own show with Fox that people are not your partners if they're signing the checks. Whoever signs your paycheck is the boss - no matter what they tell you. — Joan Rivers

I wear two hats. The one is business and increasing my shareholders' value; the other is social responsibility. — Guler Sabanci

First we love within, then we love the world. — Elizabeth Lesser