Seldons Quotes & Sayings

At a school in Massachusetts where I once worked, we managed early on through consensus. Which sounds wonderful, but it was just a very, very difficult way to sort of manage anything, because convincing everybody to do one particular thing, especially if it was hard, was almost impossible. — Geoffrey Canada

I can discover within me no power of perception which is not glutted with its proper pleasure, yet I do not feel myself delighted. Man has surely some latent sense for which this place affords no gratification, or he has some desires distinct from sense which must be satisfied before he can be happy. — Samuel Johnson

And what sort of choice is fall in love with me, or you're a pig?"
"Justice." Lizzie twirled a lock of hair around her little finger. — Ursley Kempe

The four cardinal pillars of the value culture I practise are: integrity; hard work and commitment; professional excellence; and commitment to society. I — Rajendra B. Aklekar

I do not document anything, I give an interpretation. — Andre Kertesz

You mostly." Her hands went still again as her eyes stared off into the past with a look so wistful it made me ache for her. "The boys tended to take care of each other but you were too much for anyone else to handle."
I poked at the ball of yarn avoiding her eyes. "I wasn't that bad."
She smiled. "You broke Ethan's arm."
"It was self-defense. He wouldn't let go of my foot."
"He was helping you tie your shoe. — Rachel Vincent

One thing about liberals: It doesn't even occur to them that there is another side to an argument. They are so convinced of the righteousness of their own position that it doesn't dawn on them that a reasonable person might have a different viewpoint. — Monica Crowley

I see so many little boys I wanna marry, I see plenty little kids I've yet to have. — Devendra Banhart

As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour. — Anthony Trollope