Pottebaum Van Quotes & Sayings

We're sorry. It's not us. It's the monster. The bank isn't a man. The bank isn't like a man.
Yes, but the bank is only made of men. — John Steinbeck

Many people are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed; they chew the bitter pill which they would not even know to be bitter if they had the sense to swallow it whole in a cup of patience and water. — Charles Spurgeon

We talk about our friends behind their backs. We do. Ask any social scientist who has studies human communication behaviors. Even you edmitted to doing this. Our friends are witnese to our attributes and flaws, our bad habits and good qualities, our contradictions and our contrivances. That they need to occasionally discuss the negative aspects or our lives and personalities in terms less than admiring is to be expected. — Cheryl Strayed

Who has no own conviction dissipates himself in the imitation of others. — Ernst Moritz Arndt

I do not wish to criticize any system that can nourish people's spirits, but I find that a lot of New Age writing cherry-picks the attractive bits from the ancient traditions and makes collages of them; it usually excises the ascetic dimension. In general it is not rigorously thought out, but is what I would call "soft" thinking. — John O'Donohue

The best part about Maui is that I can spend a lot of time outside. My off-season is April, May, and June. — Julia Mancuso

It's this simple: You are a brand. You are in charge of your brand. There is no single path to success. And there is no one right way to create the brand called You. Except this: Start today. Or else. — Tom Peters

No proper princess would come out looking for dragons," Woraug objected.
"Well I'm not a proper princess then!" Cimorene snapped. "I make cherries jubillee and I volunteer for dragons, and I conjugate Latin verbs
or at least I would if anyone would let me. So there! — Patricia C. Wrede

Yeah, but what happens if life hands me pickles? - Bumper sticker — Darynda Jones

Australians were unique due to our corals, our apples, our gum trees and our kangaroos. — Harold Edward Holt

I can't walk away from someone I love without saying 'I love you' one last time. I've known how very
much I've loved you for a long time. You think I'm a child and I know nothing about the world or about
love. But I know about love. I know about loss. And I know about loneliness, and goodbyes, and about
never being able to voice those feelings again.
"Perhaps you've said those words, Richard, and don't mean them. But I never have. — Jill Barnett

When you put your hands and mind and heart into the knowing of a thing ... there is no room in you for fear. — Patricia A. McKillip

I try to visit people in hospitals when I can, smiling and joking while I'm there. But when I leave, I just start crying. — Loretta Lynn

We must choose for others as we have reason to believe they would choose for themselves if they were at the age of reason and deciding rationally. — John Rawls