Schnippers Quotes & Sayings

The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden. — Stephen Gardiner

I believe that the average guy in the street will give up a great deal, if he really understands the cost of not giving it up. In fact, we may find that, while we're drastically cutting our energy consumption, we're actually raising our standard of living. — David R. Brower

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated. — Russell Crowe

I long to be free - desperately free. Free as the stillborn are free. — Emil Cioran

When the path ignites a soul, there's no remaining in place. The foot touches ground, but not for long. — Sanai

People who are obsessed with Jesus live lives that connect them with the poor in some way or another. Obsessed people believe that Jesus talked about money and the poor so often because it was really important to Him. — Francis Chan

What can be seeds of destruction can also be seeds of greatness. — Kevin Allen

Anger and hatred cannot bring harmony. The noble task of arms control and disarmament cannot be accomplished by confrontation and condemnation. Hostile attitudes only serve to heat up the situation, whereas a true sense of respect gradually cools down what otherwise could become explosive. We must recognize the frequent contradictions between short-term benefit and long-term harm. — Dalai Lama

The foreigner's friends, aside from bleeding hearts who feel obliged to do good, could only be those who feel foreign to themselves. — Julia Kristeva

Henry, if you set yourself on fire deliberately, I will institute divorce proceedings. — Cassandra Clare

We measured our success not just by how much money we made, but by how much we contributed to the community. It was a two-part bottom line. — Jerry Greenfield

Guns make you stupidbetter to fight your wars with duct tape. Duct tape makes you smart. — Jeffrey Donovan

It's essentially cleaner to be corrupt and rich than it is to be innocent and poor. — F Scott Fitzgerald

But what manner of use would it be ploughing through that darkness?' asked Drinian.
Use?' replied Reepicheep. 'Use, Captain?' If you mean by filling our bellies or our purses, I confess it will be no use at all. So far as I know we did not set sail to look for things useful but to seek honour and adventures. And here is as great an adventure as I have ever heard of, and here, if we turn back, no little impeachment of all our honours. — C.S. Lewis

The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money. — Mark Twain