Scotian Style Quotes & Sayings

Maybe history wouldn't have to repeat itself if we listened once in awhile. — Wynne McLaughlin

I think of winter, which is nothing but a rift in the firmament through which the winds break loose, the shreds of cloud over the hilltops in the new blue of the morning
and dew-drops, those false pearls, and frost, that beauty powder, and mankind in disarray and events out of joint, and so many spots on the sun and so many craters in the moon and so much wretchedness everywhere
when I think of all this I can't help feeling that God is not rich. He has the appearance of riches, certainly, but I can feel his embarrassment. He gives us a revolution the way a bankrupt merchant gives a ball. We must not judge any god by appearances. I see a shoddy universe beyond that splendour of the sky. Creation itself is bankrupt, and that's why I'm a malcontent. — Victor Hugo

The two cultures of East and West are very different, and the priorities are very different. So when you understand that - if you are from this side or this side - when you understand that the other is different than you, and you respect these differences, you can build communication. — Ashraf Barhom

But no one laughed. No one would. The universe, I'd learned, was never, ever kidding. — Cheryl Strayed

The secret of the Internet's success has been its openness to new services. — Edward Felten

Authors are magpies, echoing each other's words and seizing avidly on anything that glitters. — Bergen Evans

To have a part that is written for you certainly helps an actor. — A. J. Bowen

I find my data first in myself, not first in the poets. For if I did not find it in myself, I would not be able to find it in the poets. — Peter Kreeft

I think that the trademark of the Devil in this world, is the awful rift between women. Women backbiting other women, women envying other women and so on and so forth. And then there is the telltale sign of God in this world, which is the intoxicating potion of joy that is concocted when a woman reaches out to another woman, when women will take an extra step, go an extra mile, or just go out of their way an inch for their fellow woman, regardless of the varying degrees of things we hold important such as beauty, intelligence, status and so on and so forth. Beautiful acts of God are seen in the kindness of women towards other women. And when I say this, I am also thinking about gay men in the same light. — C. JoyBell C.

Always hire people who are better than you. Hiring dummies is shortsighted. You can't move up the ladder until everyone is comfortable with your replacement. — Lois Wyse

I want you to find someone," Deborah said.
"And who would that be?" I asked.
"Me," she said. "I want you to find me. — Jeff Dowson