Sidney Rittenberg Quotes & Sayings

Grammar is the grave of letters. — Elbert Hubbard

I'm never afraid to try something if I think it's funny. And I know I'll regret it if I don't. — Seann William Scott

The places I visit in any given week are my home, so when I'm somewhere that feels good to me, it's a real game changer. If a place causes me to have a strong reaction, be it positive or negative, it'll often find its way into my music. — Ron Pope

When men know they cannot hope in a country, in a political belief, or in themselves, they become free to hope in God. — Randy Alcorn

Stop trying to protect, to rescue, to judge, to manage the lives around you ... remember that the lives of others are not your business. They are their business. They are God's business ... even your own life is not your business. It also is God's business. Leave it to God. It is an astonishing thought. It can become a life-transforming thought ... unclench the fists of your spirit and take it easy ... What deadens us most to God's presence within us, I think, is the inner dialogue that we are continuously engaged in with ourselves, the endless chatter of human thought. I suspect that there is nothing more crucial to true spiritual comfort ... than being able from time to time to stop that chatter ... — Frederick Buechner

The interviewer should just tell me the words he wants me to say and I'll repeat them after him. I think that would be so great because I'm so empty I just can't think of anything to say. — Andy Warhol

The only one who could ever reach me was the son of a preacher man. — Dusty Springfield

Whatever you know, or don't - only Love is real. — Rumi

The government's collection authority, under the Patriot Act, is basically limitless. They can get the medical records and financial records, gun purchase records. And it also becomes part of another important issue that relates to the FISA court and the rest of the debate. It almost becomes a secret law, like there are two Patriot Acts. The one you read on the laptop essentially leads you to believe that there's some connection to terror . — Ron Wyden

I saw only the reality of his destiny, which he had known
how to follow with unfaltering footsteps, that life begun in humble
surroundings, rich in generous enthusiasms, in friendship, love, war
in
all the exalted elements of romance. — Joseph Conrad

Some people say that leverage is the secret of the rich, but I believe it's actually the secret of the bankrupt. — Celso Cukierkorn

The woman who died night after night
and her dying was a long goodbye,
a train that never left. — Octavio Paz

Give dry bread to a rich kid and he will throw it into the dustbin, give it to the poor kid and he will remember your name for the rest of his days — Bangambiki Habyarimana

Dissonance between family and school, therefore, is not only inevitable in a changing society; it also helps to make children moremalleable and responsive to a changing world. By the same token, one could say that absolute homogeneity between family and school would reflect a static, authoritarian society and discourage creative, adaptive development in children. — Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot