Singhsons Quotes & Sayings

It seems to me that the difficult thing in life is to find what stirs you and move toward it. Mom put us first but also put us in the way of whatever moved her and, so, avoided the anxiety of the unknown, the fear of failure, the pain of opening up her heart and feeling her losses. Her selflessness was also her selfishness. — Christa Parravani

You are not struggling to rule, but to give others a chance at ruling their own lives. So stop ruling and let them live those lives. — Terry Goodkind

Men wrongly lament the flight of time, blaming it for being too swift; they do not perceive that its passage is sufficiently long, but a good memory, which nature has given to us, causes things long past to seem present. — Leonardo Da Vinci

If the refugees return to Israel, Israel will cease to exist. — Gamal Abdel Nasser

A man may take to drink because he feels himself a failure, but then fail all the more completely because he drinks. — George Orwell

Take care with manufactured chemicals, certainly. Your safety and long term health are more important than anything. Yet don't forget that if you grow even a dozen different plants, you are surrounded by chemistry. Inside their cells even the most ordinary plants creates potent fungicides, insecticides, irritants, balms, hallucinogens, sedatives, nerve toxins, cell repair stimulants, lures, repellents ... you name it. Treat all plants with respect! — Janet Macunovich

The impulse to perfection cannot exist where the definition of perfection is the arbitrary decision of authority. That which is born in loneliness and from the heart cannot be defended against the judgment of a committee of sycophants. — Raymond Chandler

Love can be the only answer. But snowboarding also works for me. Because I love snowboarding! — Frederick Lenz

Is that all, sir? Only we've got stuff to finish before our knocking-off time, you see, and if we stay late we have to make more money to pay our overtime, and if the lads is a bit tired we ends up earning the money faster'n we can make it, which leads to a bit of what I can only call a conundrum - "
"You mean that if you do overtime you have to do more overtime to pay for it?" said Moist, still pondering how illogical logical thinking can be if a big enough committee is doing it.
"That's right, sir," said Shady. "And down that road madness lies."
"It's a very short road," said Moist, nodding. — Terry Pratchett

No small dabs of colour - you want plenty of paint to paint with. — John Singer Sargent

After the mines, what is fighting? Fighting is child's play — Tommy Farr

Good moral character is not something that we can achieve on our own. We need a culture that supports the conditions under which self-love and friendship flourish. — Aristotle.