Schnickers Quotes & Sayings

By taking control of the present, you are choosing to alter the past you are making for yourself, and your future too. — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

I declare myself an Austrian and a European. A united Europe will be a peaceful Europe. — Heinz Fischer

Gripping his hand, she shook. "The name's Neve, not damsel in distress. — Katherine McIntyre

Have you by chance brought some real British tea? Twining's? Or from Jackson's in Piccadilly? — Anthony Burgess

Stop-and-search has the potential to cause immense resentment and honesty to the police, with all the implications that has for generating distrust and ending co-operation from the public, if it is not used fairly. — Theresa May

Give me the setting sun, and I'll be a richer man than most / For never have I seen gold like that which glows above the earth. / Give me the night sky, and I'll be rich beyond all ruin / For never have I seen diamonds like those that dance beside the moon. — Rachel Morgan

I honestly believe that in this day and age of informational ubiquity and nanosecond change, teamwork remains the one sustainable competitive advantage that has been largely untapped. — Patrick Lencioni

Everywhere the need exists for maternal sympathy and help ... — Edith Stein

I suspect almost every day that I'm living for nothing, I get depressed and I feel self-destructive and a lot of the time I don't like myself. What's more, the proximity of other humans often fills me with overwhelming anxiety, but I also feel that this precarious sentience is all we've got and, simplistic as it may seem, it's a person's duty to the potentials of his own soul to make the best of it. We're all stuck on this often miserable earth where life is essentially tragic, but there are glints of beauty and bedrock joy that come shining through from time to precious time to remind anybody who cares to see that there is something higher and larger than ourselves. And I am not talking about your putrefying gods, I am talking about a sense of wonder about life itself and the feeling that there is some redemptive factor you must at least search for until you drop dead of natural causes. — Lester Bangs

Nothing Functions Normally Apart From The Principles Of The Kingdom Of God — Sunday Adelaja

Yeah, well, you clearly also couldn't be bothered to call me and tell me you were shacking up with some dyed-blond wanna-be goth you probably met at Pandemonium. After I spent the past three days wondering if you were dead."
"I was not shacking up," Clary said, glad of the darkness as the blood rushed to her face.
"And my hair is naturally blond," said Jace. "Just for the record."
Simon, Clary, and Jace, pg. 115 — Cassandra Clare

I look forward to the future - and going into the studio to make new music. — Diana Ross

I never expected my graduate degrees to give me all the practical how-to's that can perhaps only be learned through the school of hard knocks. — David Livermore