Scurtis Quotes & Sayings

Instead of a to-do list, you need a success list - a list that is purposefully created around extraordinary results. — Gary Keller

Most philanthropists want to be effective altruists. But the problem isn't intention: it's measurement. Unlike financial investing, which has reporting standards, audit processes, and educational requirements, social investing is notoriously tricky to evaluate. — Leila Janah

The enemy you flee is not exterior to yourself — John Barth

Some of us seem so anxious about avoiding hell that we forget to celebrate our journey toward heaven. — Philip Yancey

Avoid contradicting in general, especially people you love. — Maurice Baring

If the Koran is the soul of Islam, then perhaps the institution of the Muslim family might be described as its body. — Elizabeth Warnock Fernea

This result suggests that cheating is not driven by concerns about standing out. Rather, it shows that our sense of our own morality is connected to the amount of cheating we feel comfortable with. Essentially, we cheat up to the level that allows us to retain our self-image as reasonably honest individuals. — Dan Ariely

I started out in public service in 1998 after the Asian financial crisis of '97. — Benigno Aquino III

We now have contestants who will not let anything get in their way of victory. Some contestants have thrown each other under the bus this season. — Ryan Seacrest

I went to Texas a few times for gigs and adopted the cowboy look. Every man, at some point in his life, goes through a cowboy stage - everyone! Well, at least everyone that I look up to! — Theophilus London

Reality' is a movie generated by our brains. Because we don't realize this, we are far too confident that the stuff appearing in the movie is actually 'out there' in the world when, in fact, it's not. — Daniel Gilbert

Why ask? Why doubt what you cannot help knowing? Why use words when words cannot express what one feels? — Leo Tolstoy

We need to think about encryption not as this sort of arcane, black art. It's a basic protection. — Edward Snowden

Substantive and procedural law benefits and protects landlords over tenants, creditors over debtors, lenders over borrowers, and the poor are seldom among the favored parties. — John Turner