Sonnenfeldt Michael Quotes & Sayings

We were smothered in advice. We were told the food to take, otherwise we would starve; what lines of communications to leave open; secret methods of getting our stuff out. And the hardest thing in the world to explain was that all we wanted to do was to report what Russian people were like, and what they wore, and how they acted, what the farmers talked about, and what they were doing about rebuilding the destroyed parts of their country. This was the hardest thing in the world to explain. We found that thousands of people were suffering from acute Moscowitis - a state which permits the belief of any absurdity and the shoving away of any facts. Eventually, of course, we found that the Russians are suffering from Washingtonitis, the same disease. We discovered that just as we are growing horns and tails on the Russians, so the Russians are growing horns and tails on us. — John Steinbeck

Lowly, with a broken neck, The crocus lays her cheek to mire. — George Meredith

When you think to take determination of your fate into your own hands, that is the moment you can be crushed. Be cautious. — Frank Herbert

While i may have been strong, i was not particularly goat like. — Chrissie Wellington

Punk rock party in a suburban home/
everybody's famous here but nobody's known/ — U2

One of the things I do well - I think, anyway - is combining different tones. — Marc Guggenheim

It is always a sign of an unproductive time when it concerns itself with petty and technical aspects [in philology], and likewiseit is a sign of an unproductive person to pursue such trifles. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

There are people who prefer to say 'yes' and there are people who prefer to say 'no'. Those who say 'yes' are rewarded by the adventures they have. Those who say 'no' are rewarded by the safety they attain. — Keith Johnstone

Treat them all the same by treating them differently. — Stephen R. Covey