Sjors Poyck Quotes & Sayings

Captain Queernabs A shabby-looking man in poor clothes — Stephen Hart

We are things of a day. What are we? What are we not? The shadow of a dream is man, no more. — Pindar

Truths are immortal, my dear friend; they are immortal like God! What we call a falsity is like a fruit; it has a certain number of days; it is bound to decay. Whereas, what we call truth is like gold; days, months, even centuries can hide gold, can overlook it but they can never make it decay. — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Pain and pleasure occur in consciousness and exist only there — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Looking behind, I am filled with gratitude, looking forward, I am filled with vision, looking upwards I am filled with strength, looking within, I discover peace. Apache Prayer — Unknown

The fellows that I played with encouraged me to bunt and beat the ball out. I was anxious to make good and did as I was told. When I came to Brooklyn, I adopted an altogether different style of hitting. I stood flat-footed at the plate and slugged. That was my natural style. — Zack Wheat

You're tall, young man."

"Yes, I am."

"How long have you been that tall?"

"Um . . ." He smiled, and I could tell he was trying not to laugh. "A while now. — Kasie West

It's easy to make friends, but hard to get rid of them. — Mark Twain

I know truth is more like a mountain that has to be scaled. The peak of the mountain pierces the clouds and can only rarely be seen, and has never been reached. And what you see of it, moreover, depends upon the flank of the mountain you stand upon, and how exhausted getting even so far has made you. Virtue lies in looking upwards, toiling upwards, and sometimes joyously leaping from one precarious crag of fact and feeling to the next. — Fay Weldon