Schifo Quotes & Sayings

The man of leadership caliber will work while others waste time, study while others sleep, pray while others play. There will be no place for loose or lazy habits in word or thought, deed or dress. He will observe a soldierly discipline, diet and deportment, so that he may wage a good warfare. — J. Oswald Sanders

By and large, I seem to have made more mistakes than any others of whom I know, but have learned thereby to make ever swifter acknowledgment of the errors and thereafter immediately set about to deal more effectively with the truths disclosed by the acknowledgment of erroneous assumptions. — R. Buckminster Fuller

I never conceived of my biographies as merely telling the lives of famous men but rather as a means of illuminating their times and the great forces that shaped their times - particularly political power, since in a democracy political power has so great a role in shaping the lives of the citizens of that democracy. — Robert A. Caro

Where we stand depends on where we sit. — Stephen R. Covey

In a way I'm probably immortal. — Johan Cruijff

Contentment can only be found in not envying others or comparing yourself to them but in being satisfied with what you have. — Larry Herzberg

Simplicity isn't just a visual style. It's not just minimalism or the absence of clutter. It involves digging through the depth of the complexity. To be truly simple, you have to go really deep. — Walter Isaacson

That means if my son was gay, I would want him to suck the best dick this side of the Mississippi. — Josh Wolf

I don't like people," said Velvet. " ... I only like horses. — Enid Bagnold

My business was to declare myself a scoundrel, and whether I did it with a bow or a bluster was of little importance. — Jane Austen

On Virtue - Goodness is its own reward. It has to be; nothing else rewards it. — Marsha Hinds

For some reason, he belonged more in Wisconsin. Because of me, because I was there. Not that I ever managed to talk to him for more than ten minutes, and not that I ever had the nerve to ask him out. But still, I loved him. Deeply. — Catherine Clark

As we hoped, our kids began to learn Italian. One day Isaac sat down to dinner, looked at the plate of pasta we'd prepared, made a face, and said, "Che schifo!" a vulgar expression meaning "Gross!" We were so proud. — Douglas Preston