Salamat Tatay Quotes & Sayings

Jerome Falsoner, aged forty-five, was a bachelor who lived alone in a flat on Cathedral Street, on an income more than sufficient for his comfort. He was a tall man, but of a delicate physique, the result, it may have been, of excessive indulgence on a constitution none too strong in the beginning. He was well-known, at least by sight, to all night-living Baltimoreans, and to those who frequented race-track, gambling-house, and the furtive cockpits that now and then materialize for a few brief hours in the forty miles of country that lie between Baltimore and Washington. — Dashiell Hammett

Every artist was haunted by lies. Every artist fought to find truths. Every artist failed. Some turned back, embracing those comforting lies. Others took their own lives in despair. Still others drank themselves into the barrow, or poisoned everyone who drew near enough to touch, to wound. Some simply gave up, and wasted away in obscurity. A few discovered their own mediocrity, and this was the cruellest discovery of all. None found their way to the truths. — Steven Erikson

Many of us learned that passivity lessened the possibility of attack. — Bell Hooks

You're never given a dream without the power to make it true. — Richard Bach

There is power born of humility ... Humility, in business and in life, is a powerful asset and does not denote lowliness, unimportance, or self-deprecation. — Richie Norton

Everyone wanted a life less ordinary. And only a tiny minority ever got it, and even they probably didn't appreciate it much. — Mick Herron

Students will rise to the level of a teacher's expectations. — Donalyn Miller

Preach Christ or nothing: don't dispute or discuss except with your eye on the cross. — Charles Spurgeon

You have to fight for your health and stay on top of it. Our bodies are meant to be healthy. — Laila Ali

Reading is a way to quench your thirst for knowledge. — Michelle Johnson

And you don't matter to me, table scrap. (Varyk)
That feeling is entirely mutual, bear bait. Hell, I don't even acknowledge you as being here. So get out and take your trash with you. (Dev) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

A potlatch is similar to a court case in that both are prohibitively expensive; both involve lengthy speeches and the vigorous examination and debate of the actions, rights and legal responsibilities of the participants. One has food, singing and spiritual rites; the other, not so much. — Eden Robinson

Philosophers and psychiatrists should explain why it is that we mathematicians are in the habit of systematically erasing our footsteps. Scientists have always looked askance at this strange habit of mathematicians, which has changed little from Pythagoras to our day. — Gian-Carlo Rota