Sjurd Table Quotes & Sayings

When you work in TV long enough, you tend to get a little jaded with different things you have to deal with. — Willie Geist

If an architect makes a mistake, he grows ivy to cover it. If a doctor makes a mistake, he covers it with soil. If a cook makes a mistake, he covers it with some sauce and says it is a new recipe. — Paul Bocuse

People always have choices. They might not always have options, but they do have choices. — Kasey Michaels

The answers to the human problems of ecology are to be found in economy. And the answers to the problems of economy are to be found in culture and character. To fail to see this is to go on dividing the world falsely between guilty producers and innocent consumers. — Wendell Berry

One hundred women are not worth a single testicle. — Confucius

Make no mistake: peaceful madmen are ahead of the future. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I'm not a terrible person, I know that, but sometimes in a relationship, I can be crappy. — Kris Allen

God's command to have dominion over every living thing is a call to service, a test of responsibility, a rule of love, a cooperation with nature, whereas Satan's use of force for the sake of getting gain renders the earth uninhabitable. Brigham Young's views on the environment direct attention to man's responsibility to beautify the earth, to eradicate the influences of harmful substances, and to use restraint, that the earth may return to its paradisiacal glory. — Hugh Nibley

You know how to fire this?" he asked.
Thomas took Ulysses's gun. It looked absurdly large in his thin hands, but he released the safety like a professional. "My father taught me," he explained.
"Good." Ulysses turned to the man kneeling before him. "This boy's in charge now. You'll do as he says. If you don't
as you can see, his father taught him how to shoot you. — Cameron Stracher

It is a solemn thing to find oneself drawn out in prayer which knows no relief till the soul it is burdened with is born. It is no less solemn afterwards, until Christ is formed in them. — Amy Carmichael

Dreading that climax of all human ills the inflammation of his weekly bills. — Lord Byron

There is something magical about the world at night. Sitting at the dining room table, sipping a glass of iced tea, I can totally understand why Dad gets up so early. Minutes seem to last longer when the rest of the world is asleep. — A.S. King

The Air Force comes in every morning and says, 'Bomb, bomb, bomb' ... And then the State Department comes in and says, 'Not now, or not there, or too much, or not at all.' — Lyndon B. Johnson

Since all of them overestimated the competition, no one even showed up. — Timothy Ferriss

A story needs rhythm. Read it aloud to yourself. If it doesn't spin a bit of magic, it's missing something. — Esther Freud