Snagsbys Quotes & Sayings

Most persons are so absorbed in the contemplation of the outside world that they are wholly oblivious to what is passing on within themselves. — Nikola Tesla

I am extremely superstitious, sufficiently so to respect medicine, — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

You are apprehensive of monarchy; I, of aristocracy. I would therefore have given more power to the President and less to the Senate. — John Adams

We never want to be taken for granted, but our partners should be able to expect our honest loyalty. That is a powerfully strong foundation block for a relationship. I want to meet the greatest expectations, without being the greatest fraud. — Cathy Burnham Martin

Life's like a puzzle. Everyone is given one piece. Sometimes you connect with someone or something that has an interlocking part. As time goes by, you'll see that picture taking form, and you'll be amazed how beautiful it is. God will never tell you how many pieces it takes or how to complete the puzzle, but when you meet Him in heaven, you'll see that everything fit together perfectly. — Dan Petermeier

I want to thank my fans for their support and love all these years, thank you Miami. Thank you Latin America. Thank you Mexico. Thank you world ! — Enrique Iglesias

If
If freckles were lovely, and day was night,
And measles were nice and a lie warn't a lie,
Life would be delight,
But things couldn't go right
For in such a sad plight
I wouldn't be I.
If earth was heaven and now was hence,
And past was present, and false was true,
There might be some sense
But I'd be in suspense
For on such a pretense
You wouldn't be you.
If fear was plucky, and globes were square,
And dirt was cleanly and tears were glee
Things would seem fair,
Yet they'd all despair,
For if here was there
We wouldn't be we. — E. E. Cummings

The Orderly Liquidation Authority prescribed by Dodd-Frank should be repealed and replaced by an amendment to the U.S. Bankruptcy Code which would operate to prevent cross-default provisions from impacting derivatives books so long as mark-to-market payments are being made in a timely fashion. — Paul Singer

Step, fart. Step, fart. Step, fart. — Sharon M. Draper

Carlina felt as if sudden sunshine had filled the kitchen ... [Carlina's reaction to Stefano Garini] — Beate Boeker

I don't know why solitude would be a balm for loneliness, but that is how it always was for me in those days, — Marilynne Robinson

You've both quit your jobs for me," Laura said, though a little of the sass had left her voice.
"I never liked it much anyway," Cam said flippantly. "I was only there for the nookie, and when you walked away, that dried up. — Sophie Oak

When we sit in meditation and hear a sound, we think, 'Oh, that sound's bothering me.' If we see it like this, we suffer. But if we investigate a little deeper, we see that the sound is simply sound. If we understand like this, then there's nothing more to it. We leave it be. The sound is just sound, why should you go and grab it? You see that actually it was you who went out and disturbed the sound. — Ajahn Chah

When I first heard about Y Combinator, it was one of those ideas that just seemed forehead-slappingly obvious. Good ideas often do, in retrospect. — Mark Fletcher

Boring damned people. All over the earth. Propagating more boring damned people. What a horror show. The earth swarmed with them. — Charles Bukowski