Ritgerdrendel Quotes & Sayings

Dance with your own way with your own tune no matter who watches it. — Debasish Mridha

The independence of libraries matters because it means that our attention cannot be bought and sold in a library. — John Palfrey

Power, approval, comfort, and control are meta-idols that hold sway over our daily lives. — Timothy Keller

I mean, who wants to live waking up ... at least I don't want to live waking up everyday about revenge. — Mitchell Baker

The essence of wealth is the capacity to control the forces of nature, and the extent of wealth depends upon the level of technology and the ability to create new knowledge. — Julian Simon

Whether we're overcoming adversity, surviving trauma, or dealing with stress and anxiety, having a sense of purpose, meaning, and perspective in our lives allows us to develop understanding and move forward. Without purpose, meaning, and perspective, it is easy to lose hope, numb our emotions, or become overwhelmed by our circumstances. We feel reduced, less capable, and lost in the face of struggle. The heart of spirituality is connection. When we believe in that inextricable connection, we don't feel alone. — Brene Brown

For the first time, I understood the ancients' need to find explanations for why things happen. It's a quintessential human imperative. Random is not emotionally satisfying. Therefore, lightning was the bolt from an angry god. Crop failure was punishment for failing to honor the gods with a fatted calf. The plague happened because you took the Lord's name in vain or coveted your neighbor's wife. Going to church regularly and praying could forestall illness. And on and on. — Alanna Mitchell

I guess the important thing for young writers is to read. — Paul Auster

There's ups and downs of any job. If you worked at the post office, there's ups and downs. You have your good days, and you have your bad days. If you're a housewife, you have your good days, and you have your bad days. — Tracy Morgan

Life is impoverished, it loses in interest, when the highest stake in the game of living, life itself, may not be risked. It becomes as shallow and empty as, let us say, an American flirtation. — Sigmund Freud

With the vague hope that it might somehow explain his dream, he took one of his old textbooks from the shelves and tried to read the chapter on lycanthropy. The book cataloged the queerly universal primitive beliefs that human beings could change into dangerous carnivorous animals. He skimmed the list of human wolves and bears and jaguars, human tigers and alligators and sharks, human cats and human leopards and human hyenas. The were-tigers of Malaysia, he read, were believed invulnerable in the transformed — Jack Williamson

You cannot change any world unless you become a vital part of the changing. — Munia Khan

Slynt looked about the solar, at the other Eastwatch men. Does this boy think I fell off a turnip wagon onto my head? — George R R Martin

Messengers and mountain bikers share a common chromosome. — James Bethea

Give tax breaks to large corporations, so that money can trickle down to the general public, in the form of extra jobs. — Andrew Mellon