Septier Cenon Quotes & Sayings

What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new. — Henry David Thoreau

Though Americans talk a good deal about the virtue of being serious, they generally prefer people who are solemn over people who are serious. In politics, the rare candidate who is serious, like Adlai Stevenson, is easily overwhelmed by one who is solemn, like General Eisenhower. This is probably because it is hard for most people to recognize seriousness, which is rare, especially in politics, but comfortable to endorse solemnity, which is as commonplace as jogging. — Russell Baker

I'm no longer afraid of not making enough mistakes. — Dana Gould

People lose a lot of time being afraid... People lose a lot of time in hating others, and there's no fun in it at all. — L. Frank Baum

Systems that are too complex to understand kill organizational productivity and the ease with which you can add engineers or add functionality to your system. — Martin L. Abbott

ADUNCITY (ADU'NCITY) n.s.[aduncitas, Lat.]Crookedness; flexure inwards; hookedness. There can be no question, but the aduncity of the pounces, and beaks of the hawks, is the cause of the great and habitual immorality of those animals.Arbuthnot and Pope'sMart. Scrib. — Samuel Johnson

Dallas popped his jaw. I do not cackle. I bitch like a he-man. — Gena Showalter

You may face many troubles. But the Lord will deliver you from each one. — Lailah Gifty Akita

After 'Nikki' and 'Steve Harvey,' I had written on a show called 'The Oblongs,' which was pretty well respected and had a lot of 'Simpsons' writers on it. So I was a TV writer with an interesting voice at that moment. — Jill Soloway

Murali observed that the lazy breath of air that half-tried to wake up the leaves of the giant banyan tree was no less significant than a comet blazing across the skies. It was the same great cosmic intent that drove both. Apart — Manu Bhattathiri

I can't drink. I have too much to lose. I can't lose my job over something I can stop. — Sebastian Janikowski

Those who are in a state of salvation are to attribute it to sovereign grace alone, and to give all the praise to Him who maketh them to differ from others. — Jonathan Edwards