Ranftbecher Quotes & Sayings

But if anyone were to conduct his life by reason He would find great riches in living a peaceful life And being contented; one is never short of a little But men want always to be powerful and famous So that their fortune rests on a solid foundation And they can spend a placid life in opulence. There isn't a hope of it; to attain great honours You have to struggle along a dangerous way And even when you reach the top there is envy Which can strike you down like lightning into Tartarus. For envy, like lightning, generally strikes at the top Or any point which sticks out from the ordinary level. — Lucretius

I've met a handful of presidents, from Jimmy Carter to Bill Clinton to George Bush to Barack Obama. — Jimmie Johnson

On the Web you have to sum up what your piece of content is in one link or nobody is going to watch it. That's the same thing I've been hearing from TV executives - is we need a program that you can have on the side of a bus and someone can watch it go by and get what the show is and want to watch it. — Ricky Van Veen

I conjured for him electric skies and iridescent seas and evenings full of laughter and silly jokes. — Jojo Moyes

About to quit." "Why?" He laughed. "Everybody quits - you'll quit. Nobody worth a shit can work here. — Hunter S. Thompson

In order to demonstrate IT value, organizations need to first know wherein lies the IT value. — Pearl Zhu

All designed tools and objects are sort of extensions of human abilities, and they do tend to make life richer for us. But, an awful lot of designs, especially in this country, make life a lot more inconvenient. I'm thinking, for instance, of high-fidelity units that have so many switches and toggles and buttons and things that they confuse most people. — Victor Papanek

We believe that human rights transcend boundaries and must prevail over state sovereignty. — Jose Ramos-Horta

Sometimes, when full and in fear that I will continue to eat unwanted food just because it's staring at me, I will place my napkin over the remaining portion. This is what I frequently refer to as a 'food funeral.' — Rachel Nichols

Everyone in my family was a very serious worker, always with a determination to provide for each other. — Simon Weston

I've become really aware of all the subtle things you can communicate through the art and how you're presenting a character, particularly someone like Wonder Woman, who means so much to so many people. — Cliff Chiang

No, no, my dear Watson. The more deeply sunk impression is, of course, the hind wheel, upon which the weight rests. — Arthur Conan Doyle

Parents don't realize that when they teach you about the Holocaust too early, it ruins you for life. — Judd Apatow

When we take voice lessons from the Master, we learn to speak with tenderness. — David Jeremiah

We're all what we read to a very considerable degree. So — David McCullough