Pterrys Quotes & Sayings

A great man knows the value of greatness; he dares not hazard it, he will not squander it. — Walter Savage Landor

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man. — Heraclitus

The purpose of life is to be happy by being useful to others. Always have the inborn sense of wonder and enjoy the wonderful universe every moment with great love and great affection. — Debasish Mridha

If I had to name the single characteristic shared by all truly successful individuals, I'd say it's the ability to create and nurture a network of contacts. — Harvey MacKay

I think what I have is straightforwardness, unabashedness rather than charm. — Nicholas Haslam

If I can not move heaven, I'll raise hell — Cassandra Clare

There was a little optometrist shop on south Broadway tucked in between a pizza joint and what amounted to a head shop where you could buy glow-in-the-dark posters, bongs, and whatever else the hippies began marketing after they went commercial in the '70s ... I had never visited the optometrist shop. The entrance had a 1930s look that I liked - art deco molded-tin awning over the doorway, and Bakelite tiles on the foyer walls. It looked like the kind of business that would be owned by an elderly optometrist who had serviced families for generations and personally ground lenses in his back room. I liked the look of the shop, but I drove right past it on my way to Sight City!!! where you could buy Two Pair for the Price of One!!! according to the billboards plastered all over Denver blocking every decent view of the Rocky Mountains. — Gary Reilly

I've spent the last decade learning to stand firm and face my problems ... or at least batter them until they're unrecognizable. — Kelley Armstrong

Adults often assume that most learning is the result of teaching and that exploratory, spontaneous learning is unusual. But actually, spontaneous learning is more fundamental. — Alison Gopnik

Heroes can lose their way. Sometimes, heroes can go missing from even themselves. Have you ever had that feeling in your own life? — Mark Andrew Poe

As one broods over these queer collections, it seems easier to understand - with an understanding which is
not, I hope, distorted in the other direction - this strange spirit, who was tempted by the Devil to believe at
the time when within these walls he. was solving so much, that he could reach all the secrets of God and
Nature by the pure power of mind Copernicus and Faustus in one. — John Maynard Keynes

In the desert the detachment of life from all normal intercourse imparts a sense of gravity to every rencontre, and each touch with human beings is fraught with a significance lacking in the too hurried intercourse of ordinary everyday life. On the desert track, there is no such thing as a casual meeting ... — Mildred Cable