Sherbiny Quotes & Sayings

The nearest way to glory a shortcut, as it were is to strive to be what you wish to be thought to be. — Socrates

Whether you choose left or right path,
but the destination should have the contentment of Soul
-Samar Sudha — Samar Sudha

How can we stop learning, if we still have breath? — Lailah Gifty Akita

The vestibule door opens onto a June morning so fine and scrubbed Classira pauses at the threshold as she would at the edge of a pool, watching the turquoise water lapping at the tiles, the liquid nets of sun wavering in the blue depths. As if standing at the edge of a pool she delays for a moment the plunge, the quick membrane of chill, the plain shock of immersion. — Michael Cunningham

Looking around the world at these wildlife, it's abundantly clear that humans have benefited from nature in so many ways but have also brought many species to the brink of extinction ... The American people that I interact with through my IS Foundation work do not want to allow this to happen; they do not want to let these species go without a fight; and they see the way in which nature provides for people around the world. — Ian Somerhalder

I plan on being a friend, a good leader and a good governor over these next three years. — John Rowland

Though most of the friendships of the world ill deserve the name of friendships; yet a man may make use of them on occasion, as of a traffic whose returns are uncertain, and in which 'tis usual to be cheated. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

And there's doctors and lawyers,
And business executives,
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same. — Malvina Reynolds

I want to be a professional. — Chris Burke

I'd eat butter with a spoon if it were acceptable. — Rainbow Rowell

It is well known that women carry poison in their pockets. Did you expect a gun? A woman with a gun would be just another policeman. We fall in love with the convicts, remember that. Policemen marry girls from the neighborhood, high school looms over their unions, the first uniform is her prom dress and his black bow tie and white shirt. But the girls are thinking of poison, thinking of poison as the lights go out on the dresser where the revolver has been placed with care for the night. The black shoes, the fine, thick serge of the coat, shoulders and thighs of stallions. And the policemen are usually shot down by someone out of shape, thin, thin, nothing but living bones. Remember that. — Elizabeth Hardwick

I've taught you well grasshopper. — A.E. Via