Readership Institute Quotes & Sayings

Government is inevitably going to play a very significant role in infrastructure, and in a country with a federal system where vibrancy and economic health depend on interstate commerce, it's not going to be private enterprise or state governments that will give you things like an interstate highway system. — Norman Ornstein

A person learns how to love himself through the simple acts of loving and being loved by someone else. — Haruki Murakami

You, the sons of the pioneers, if you are true to your ancestry, must make your lives as worthy as they made theirs. They sought for true success, and therefore they did not seek ease. They knew that success comes only to those who lead the life of endeavor — Theodore Roosevelt

We want to add an American League pennant ... and to bring the World Series to Arlington. — Tom Hicks

Death and life have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend upon heaven. — Confucius

The rare individuals who unselfishly try to serve others have an enormous advantage-they have little competition. — Andrew Carnegie

Curtis' mother always said that the better you know others, the better you will know yourself, and that in the fullest sharing of experience, we learn the wisdom of the world. — Dean Koontz

A knight's a sword with a horse. The rest, the vows and the sacred oils and the lady's favors, they're silk ribbons tied round the sword.
Maybe the sword's are prettier with ribbons hanging off it, but it will kill you just as dead. — George R R Martin

The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn. — Agatha Christie

Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant. — Ritchie Blackmore