Shiber Seltzer Quotes & Sayings

Empire as located its existence not in the smooth recurrent spinning time of the cycle of the seasons but in the jagged time of rise and fall, of beginning and end, of catastrophe. — J.M. Coetzee

All movement stops and I walk in the timeless sadness of existence,
tenderness flowing thru the buildings,
my fingertips touching reality's face,
my own face streaked with tears in the mirror
of some window - at dusk -
where I have no desire -
for bonbons - or to own the dresses or Japanese
lampshades of intellection - — Allen Ginsberg

We've believed for 50 years that the Japanese are small Americans who wanted to be like us. They are not. — Lester Thurow

We are but an ephemeral bubble drifting on the surface of an endless void. Yet I can think of no bubble more beautiful. — Miyuki Miyabe

I would use the debt limit. I don't want to say - I want to be unpredictable, because, you know, we need unpredictability. Everything is so predictable with our country. — Donald Trump

Erik choked back the insult he'd been on the verge of uttering. Judging by his expression, it was viler than a castor-oil purgative. — Juan Filloy

What indicates a person's weak religion and fear of God, is that he seeks for an opinion that suits his desire. — Ibn Hazm

The mayor should not be advancing a policy that encourages [illegal] immigrants to think of New York City as their safe haven. — Ed Koch

The man who is fond of books is usually a man of lofty thought, and elevated opinions. — Christopher Henry Dawson

I am more afraid of our own mistakes than of our enemies' designs. — Pericles

If a song's meant to stay around, you carry it with you in your bones. — Jennifer Niven

This was a practical application of the principle that a half-feigned and fictitious faith is better than no faith at all. — Thomas Hardy

Brain surgeons are dealing with the very last thread of life, and they have to be very confident, but I think they tend to remember their failures rather than their successes, and that must be very hard. Who do you share that failure with? That's why their personal lives are often disastrous. — James Nesbitt

Ideas will be the major source of new wealth. — Brian Tracy

Compassion is a two way street. — Frank Capra