Schneidermans Tables Quotes & Sayings

Where there is no vision a people perish. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Japanese researchers blindfolded a group of students and told them their right arms were being rubbed with a poison ivy plant. Afterward, all 13 of the students' arms reacted with the classic symptoms of poison ivy: itching, boils, and redness. Not surprising until you find out that the plant used for the study wasn't poison ivy at all, just a harmless shrub. The students' beliefs were actually strong enough to create the biological effects of poison ivy, even though no such plant had touched them. Then, on the students' other arm, the researchers rubbed actual poison ivy, but told them it was a harmless plant. Even though all 13 students were highly allergic, only two of them broke out into the poison ivy rash! — Chris Estes

Something was wrong with Luke," Annabeth muttered, poking at the fire with her knife. "Did you notice the way he was acting?"
"He looked pretty pleased to me," I said. "Like he'd spent a nice day torturing heroes."
"That's not true! There was something wrong with him. He looked ... nervous. He told his monsters to spare me. He wanted to tell me something."
"Probably, 'Hi, Annabeth! Sit here with me and watch while I tear your friends apart. It'll be fun! — Rick Riordan

Are you willing to make the difficult choices? To do what's unpopular? It's not easy, but remember this: When people are calling you out and calling you names, they're really just calling you a leader. — Darren Hardy

He does not control is to behave with blind idiocy. — Robert A. Heinlein

If you were not with me in my times of struggle, don't expect to be in my triumphs. — Daniel De Cordova

Carl Icahn, corporate raider by trade, is creative, a scrambler, and certainly not to be underestimated. — Carol Loomis

If a person has no dreams, they no longer have any reason to live. Dreaming is necessary, although in the dream reality should be glimpsed. For me this is a principle of life. — Ayrton Senna

Nature in her green, tranquil woods heals and soothes all afflictions. — John Muir