Siberians Of The Heartland Quotes & Sayings

If you can't learn, you can't thrive. — Cal Newport

Seymour looked around the Tucson McDonald's. There were white people and Mavajos; there were people who preferred their Quarter Pounders with cheese and those who didn't care for cheese at all; and there were those who desperately wish that McDonald's would introduce onion rings to its menu. — Sherman Alexie

I read once that if a bunch of butterflies takes off from Thailand, it can cause a rainstorm in New York. — Lauren Oliver

I used to think I knew everything. I was a "smart person" who "got things done," and because of that, the higher I climbed, the more I could look down and scoff at what seemed silly or simple, even religion.
But I realized something as I drove home that night: that I am neither better nor smarter, only luckier. And I should be ashamed of thinking I knew everything, because you can know the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-no matter how smart or accomplished-they cry, they yearn, they hurt.But instead of looking down on things, they look up, which is where I should have been looking, too. Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things:comfort, love, and a peaceful heart. — Mitch Albom

Liquor is the chloroform which enables the poor man to endure the painful operation of living. — George Bernard Shaw

I shied away from that line of thought, lest it bring up too many old memories. — Jim Butcher

Object-oriented programming had boldly promised "to model the world." Well, the world is a scary place where bad things happen for no apparent reason, and in this narrow sense I concede that OO does model the world. — Dave Fancher