Potatis I Ugn Quotes & Sayings

I Keep Six Honest Serving Men ..."

I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.

I send them over land and sea,
I send them east and west;
But after they have worked for me,
I give them all a rest.

I let them rest from nine till five,
For I am busy then,
As well as breakfast, lunch, and tea,
For they are hungry men.

But different folk have different views;
I know a person small -
She keeps ten million serving-men,
Who get no rest at all!

She sends'em abroad on her own affairs,
From the second she opens her eyes -
One million Hows, two million Wheres,
And seven million Whys! — Rudyard Kipling

Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time tells the story of a cosmologist whose speech is interrupted by a little old lady who informs him that the universe rests on the back of a turtle. Ah, yes, madame, the scientist replies, but what does the turtle rest on? The old lady shoots back: You can't trick me, young man. It's nothing but turtles, turtles, turtles, all the way down. — George Will

But being uncomfortable is a virtue, not a hindrance. — Lawrence M. Krauss

Disappointment is considered bad. A thoughtless prejudice. How, if not through disappointment, should we discover what we have expected and hoped for? And where, if not in this discovery, should self-knowledge lie? So how could one gain clarity about oneself without disappointment?
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One could have the hope that he would become more real by reducing expectations, shrink to a hard, reliable core and thus be immune to the pain of disappointment. But how would it be to lead a life that banished every long, bold expectation, a life where there were only banal expectations like "the bus is coming"? — Pascal Mercier

Imagine trying to live without air.
Now imagine something worse. — Amy Reed

I love you," I said. "What we have, you and me, it's what I thought love should be, but I'd stopped believing it existed. — Jane Harvey-Berrick

Go within and release yesterday's sorrow so you may embrace today's joy. — Liz Hester

America has seen enough of a handful of people growing rich at the cost of our nation descending into economic crisis. — Cory Booker

It's a very bad habit to put off disagreeable things ... — L.M. Montgomery

His eyelashes fluttered, lips parted, and he moaned softly. "Kilby," he said my name so softly I wanted to weep from the sound. — Mercy Celeste

It wasn't enough to be positive, focused and fearless, I had to take action! Musicians say that the hardest part of practicing is taking the instrument out of the case. To begin is to be half done! — Joey Reiman