Rycroft Quotes & Sayings

Being thankful and saying thanks are two habits of people who've discovered what it means to succeed in life. — Hal Urban

It is a very good world for the purposes for which it was built; and that is all anything is good for. — Henry Ward Beecher

Always see the positive aspect of every situation you find yourself — Sunday Adelaja

Well, get used to it, the whole world is nuts. — Wally Lamb

Aria smiled shyly. "How long are you staying?"
"How long do you want me to stay?"
Forever, Aria wanted to say. — Sara Shepard

This is what I find so strange: we are not necessarily kind to animals. We use them, we eat them. But we don't like them to suffer. Yet humans must. They have to wait for the great Vet himself to decide how long their anguish must last and how deep it must reach. And He has, as far as I can see, a habit of waiting a long, long time before deciding to end their misery. — Beverly Rycroft

People in religions that teach that believers in other faiths are condemned, for example, tend to have lower life satisfaction. People who believe in heaven and hell tend to be less happy than those believe only in heaven. — Gretchen Rubin

I hope this works. Its such a shame, both so young. I thought we would've had more time. I thought the Fates would've let the prophecy play it self out. The way it should be. — Candace Knoebel

I'll tell you what I don't believe, Alwyn. I don't believe there's a pretty forest in the sky with castles and a white light and God and all his angels waiting to welcome all the good people in. And you and me standing there sick with nerves while they check us out to see if we've made the grade. That sounds too much like immigrating to Australia. — Beverly Rycroft

People who read too many books get quirky. We can't have too much eccentricity or it would bankrupt us. Market research depends on people behaving as if they were all alike. — John Taylor Gatto

I've never been good at improvising. — Terry Jones

One study concluded that there were 1.7 errors per patient per day in America's ICUs. Of these errors, 29 percent could have caused clinically significant harm or death. Given that the average ICU length of stay is three days, this research suggests that nearly all patients hospitalized in the ICU sustain a potentially life-threatening mistake at some point during their stay. — Peter Pronovost

Any random group of thirty Vietnamese women will contain a dozen who make Julia Roberts look like Lyle Lovett. — P. J. O'Rourke

The pain was a river I rode; I could not plant my feet in it or it would knock me down — Frances Greenslade

Mr Rycroft said nothing. It was so difficult not to say the wrong thing to Captain Wyatt that it was usually safer not to reply at all. — Agatha Christie

People invade your space and offend your sensibilities because, to be plain, they couldn't care less about you. — Laurie Graham

You have buttered your bread. Now you must lie on it. — Beverly Rycroft