Sebalds Quotes & Sayings

It's only natural for unbridled partisanship, unrestrained by allegiance to a greater cause, to lead to chaos. — George Washington

LEONATO
Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.
BEATRICE
Not till God make men of some other metal than earth. Would it not grieve a woman to be overmastered with a pierce of valiant dust? to make an account of her life to a clod of wayward marl? No, uncle, I'll none: Adam's sons are my brethren; and, truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred. — William Shakespeare

I love New York. I love working here. — Margaret Cho

If the light is great in front of you, you should turn around and see what it is doing behind you. — Jay Maisel

America's universities are filled with economically ignorant haters of the free market, so university campuses have become major forums for union denunciations of such companies as Nike, Wal-mart, and others. Faculty and students claim to be concerned about 'social justice,' but they are simply being used as dupes by unions who are not at all concerned with justice of any sort. Rather, their main concern is increasing the coffers of union treasuries by driving non-union competitors from the market. — Thomas DiLorenzo

If you're not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you've got to get there. — James Dean

Eat food for the sake of eating food, and it'll never satisfy. Eat food for the sake of nourishment, and give thanks to God for creating food, and it strangely begins to satisfy. Am I the only one who's been caught in this cycle hundreds, if not thousands, of times? We short-circuit whenever we pursue the benefits and not the essence because it's God's way of getting our attention and showing us he's the true satisfaction. God wants us to pursue him first. — Jefferson Bethke

The Doppler Effect of Communication": There is always distortion between what a speaker says and what a listener wants it to mean. "The — Amy Tan

In 1984 nobody knew what cable was going to be. It was there, but you didn't know where it was going. — Curtis Armstrong

Cynics are - beneath it all - only idealists with awkwardly high standards. — Alain De Botton

I don't find any kind of tension very productive, I find it destructive, actually. — Shirley Manson

Democrats will play the old Washington game of calling reductions in the rate of growth of spending for any program a 'cut'. — Bruce Bartlett

The bureaucracy is not great. I don't think Rick Santorum who is not one for being a big proponent of large bureaucracies would be as enthusiastic a supporter of it. — Harold Ford Jr.