Recalcitrante Quotes & Sayings

Reason without learning is like the untilled soil, or like the human body that lacks nourishment. — Khalil Gibran

Let Joy or Ease, let Affluence or Content, And the gay Conscience of a life well spent, Calm ev'ry thought, inspirit ev'ry grace, Glow in thy heart, and smile upon thy face. — Alexander Pope

Frying chicken always makes me feel a little better about life. — Kathryn Stockett

And remember, when you work in what is basically a cage that you're not allowed to leave, your choices are limited to what strolls by. — Tina Fey

When I forgive other people, I let them go, I free them from my ignorance. And as soon as I do, I feel lighter, brighter and better. — Maya Angelou

One of the most distinctive features of psychosis is its dynamic of externalization. Madness is experienced as being enacted on the subject from without; a person perceives his own unintegrated psychological contents as outer-world creatures and demons who threaten to engulf and physically destroy him. The barriers between inner and outer, subject and object, dissolve so entirely that no boundary remains to protect the ego from the onslaught of this projected unconscious material. — Victoria Nelson

Because if you don't know how to manage time, time can rule you like a tyrant. — Frank Partnoy

Tell me, Dr. Lanark, is there a connection between your love of vast panorama and your distate for human problems? — Alasdair Gray

The emphasis should be on why we do a job. — W. Edwards Deming

Silence makes idiots seem wise even for a minute. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

It takes a village to build success in publishing a book - it takes friends that are willing to help - it takes hours upon hours of no's to get to a yes, it takes many twists and turns with seemingly no end to the detours, it takes courage to face the unknowns - it takes and it takes and it takes - But then, like a flower opening its blossom - it gives ... — Rich Okun

A gentleman doesn't have to flex to know that he is strong. — Shay Dawkins

Ninety percent of the research comes first. I mostly blunder around reading stuff and talking to smart people until an idea batters or oozes its way through to my narrative brain. — Scott Westerfeld

Microsoft's an important partner for Dell, an important company in the industry. — Michael Dell