Sandventures Quotes & Sayings

I never set out really to build a financial empire or to be a wealthy man. — Mo Ibrahim

The real test of a man is not when he plays the role that he wants for himself but when he plays the role destiny has for him. — Vaclav Havel

In the big house opposite someone was playing the piano at Dolzhikov's. It was beginning to get dark, and stars were twinkling in the sky. Here my father, in an old top-hat with wide upturned brim, walked slowly by with my sister on his arm, bowing in response to greetings.
"Look up," he said to my sister, pointing to the sky with the same umbrella with which he had beaten me that afternoon. "Look up at the sky! Even the tiniest stars are all worlds! How insignificant is man in comparison with the universe!"
And he said this in a tone that suggested that it was particularly agreeable and flattering to him that he was so insignificant. How absolutely devoid of talent and imagination he was! — Anton Chekhov

Some things that are invisible and untouchable can nevertheless be seen and felt. — Michael Chabon

A true friend is like an umbrella that opens her heart to protect you on those rainy days. — Debasish Mridha

I can't remember, I wish I could remember the first time I bet on baseball. — Pete Rose

i know which side of the train i was on today. — Amanda Palmer

There were no larks anymore. There was only the setting sun spreading blood up the sky and the yowl of hounds on a breast-high scent. — Sam Llewellyn

In the modern world we have invented ways of speeding up invention, and people's lives change so fast that a person is born into one kind of world, grows up in another, and by the time his children are growing up, lives in still a different world — Margaret Mead

Those that were kind would never understand those that were cruel, and the cruel ones could never really respect kindness. — Sarah Pinborough

Don't ever wait around for your life. Go get what you want. Because believe me, no one's going to give it to you. — Jill Shalvis

Chess is a great game. No matter how good one is, there is always somebody better. No matter how bad one is, there is always somebody worse. — Israel Albert Horowitz

The inquisition of public opinion overwhelms in practice the freedom asserted by the laws in theory. — Thomas Jefferson

This not being pleasing, and less profitable to me, I consulted with my two brothers, Dr. Reason and Dr. Experience, and took a voyage to visit my mother Nature, by whose advice, together with the help of Dr. Diligence, I at last obtained my desire; and, being warned by Mr. Honesty, a stranger in our days, to publish it to the world, I have done it. — Nicholas Culpeper