Rio Salado Quotes & Sayings

But above that, most mature adults can hold their attention on something for 45 minutes, whether they like it or not. But above that requires training. — Robert Fripp

Why is geometry often described as 'cold' and 'dry?' One reason lies in its inability to describe the shape of a cloud, a mountain, a coastline, or a tree. Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line ... Nature exhibits not simply a higher degree but an altogether different level of complexity. — Benoit Mandelbrot

Better be an old maid, a woman with herself as a husband, than the wife of a fool; and Solomon more than hints that all men are fools; and every wise man knows himself to be one. — Herman Melville

Pride requires very costly food-its keeper's happiness. — Charles Caleb Colton

Owning something also means owning up to something. It means accepting responsibility, which means, literally, responsibility. When we write about our lives we respond to them. As we respond to them, we are rendered more fluid, more centered, more agile on our own behalf. We are rendered conscious. Each day, each life, is a series of choices, and as we use the lens of writing to view our lives, we see our choices. — Julia Cameron

God transforms us one area at a time. — Judah Smith

All new beginnings require that you unlock a new door. — Nachman Of Breslov

Sex is a matter of biology, while gender is a matter of grammar, and there is no earthly reason why sex should be involved in gender distinctions. — R.L. Trask

I once knew this cellist, Miss Browning,
A swan with whom I enjoyed clowning.
But at night when she bloomed
I felt blissfully doomed.
Far from shore, in danger of drowning. — Julia Glass

To put leaders in their proper place is to think honorably of them and their families, to support their policies and to advise them, and not to bring them down because of their mistakes or errors, which may affect public interest and national stability. However, we are never to obey of aid them in unjust or sinful acts. — Wan Mohd Nor Wan Daud

Life is catastrophe ... Everything is unfair. Who do we complain to in this shitty place? ... We all lose everything that matters in the end ... it's possible to play it with a kind of joy.p.767, The Goldfinch — Donna Tartt

I did more than anyone else in persuading the U.S. to get rid of Saddam. — Ahmed Chalabi

The secret passages of life are simply magnificent! You can continue walking without being noticed, far away from all the perils! — Mehmet Murat Ildan