Ranching Life Quotes & Sayings

Illness can make us behave in the most surprising ways. — Susan Minot

Buddha said: 'Hatred is never ended by hatred but by love,' and a misunderstanding is never ended by an argument but by tact, diplomacy, conciliation and a sympathetic desire to see the other person's viewpoint. — Dale Carnegie

No plan ever survives its first encounter with the enemy. — Douglas MacArthur

When I was a boy, I went to war searching for glory. I didn't find it.
I came here, thinking I'd find glory if I built a ranching empire or a thriving town.
Instead I discovered that I didn't even know what glory was, not until you smiled at me for the first time with no fear in your eyes ...
A hundred years from now, everything I've worked so hard to build will be nothing more than dust blowing in the wind, but if I can spend my life loving you, I'll die a wealthy man, a contented man.
-Dallas to Dee — Lorraine Heath

Pyschoanalysts are fond of pointing out that the past is alive in the present. But the future is alive in the present too. The future is not some place we're going to, but an idea in our mind now. It is something we're creating, that in turn creates us. The future is a fantasy that shapes our present. — Stephen Grosz

Creativity builds upon the public domain. The battle that we're fighting now is about whether the public domain will continue to be fed by creative works after their copyright expires. That has been our tradition but that tradition has been perverted in the last generation. We're trying to use the Constitution to reestablish what has always been taken for granted
that the public domain would grow each year with new creative work. — Lawrence Lessig

I will learn your anger. I will lick your sadness.
I will feast on your hunger. — Caitlyn Siehl

I was under the impression that one became a policeman because one believes in rules and regulations." "I think Sven became a policeman because he believes in justice. — Fredrik Backman

1. Don't be boring.
2. Be able to pass the airport test; be interesting enough to carry on a 3 hour conversation with a stranger.
3. When in doubt, do what you can never do again. — Michael Bell

There were a few times when Mother Nature hit me with her best shot, but I always managed to land on my feet. — Tina Reber

For me, a breakup changed my entire life. I was a mess. I really got rocked, and I ended up turning it into a positive thing. — Greg Behrendt

Colonization means potential immortality for the human genus. Man's safety on Earth was never great, and it dwindles hourly. Disarmament, even world government, will not guarantee survival in an age when population presses natural resources to the limit and when the knowledge of how to work mischief on a planetary scale is ever more widely diffused among peoples who may grow ever more desperate. — Poul Anderson

Violet will be a good color for hair at just about the same time that brunette becomes a good color for flowers. — Fran Lebowitz

Apparently, the voices in my head couldn't hear each other. That was just another slice of crazy pie. — Mira Grant

Who among us wouldn't rush out and buy a Pepsi if we thought it would make the Osborne's disappear? — Ed Helms