Sreit Quotes & Sayings

I state the threefold purpose of my travels in Arabia: to see the country, to write about it and to be of some service to its people and their cause - that is what brought me from beyond the seas, from America. — Ameen Rihani

To impress your offer on the mind of the reader or listener, it is necessary to put it into brief, simple language ... No farfetched or obscure statement will stop them. You have got to hit them where they live in the heart or in the head. You have got to catch their eyes or ears with something simple, something direct, something they want. — John Caples

in God's city, the inhabitants love people and walk on gold, while in man's city, the inhabitants love gold and walk on people. — Tullian Tchividjian

We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win. — Douglas Adams

But we must not forget that only a very few people are artists in life; that the art of life is the most distinguished and rarest of all the arts. — Carl Jung

We're all pilgrims on the same journey - but some pilgrims have better road maps. — Nelson DeMille

True knowledge never shuts the door on more knowledge, but zeal often does. — Hugh Nibley

Keep thinking back about what Mum said about being real and the Velveteen Rabbit book (though frankly have had enough trouble with rabbits in this particular house). My favorite book, she claims of which I have no memory was about how little kids get one toy that they love more than all the others, and even when its fur has been rubbed off, and it's gone saggy with bits missing, the little child still thinks it's the most beautiful toy in the world, and can't bear to be parted from it.
That's how it works, when people really love each other, Mum whispered on the way out in the Debenhams lift, as if she was confessing some hideous and embarrassing secret. But, the thing is, darling, it doesn't happen to ones who have sharp edges, or break if they get dropped, or ones made of silly synthetic stuff that doesn't last. You have to be brave and let the other person know who you are and what you feel. — Helen Fielding

Brandt Everett was certifiably crazy so far as Shawn was concerned, and to keep him under control they had to find something the man liked more than blowing shit up. — Abigail Roux

I'm part Chinese, part Hawaiian, part Filipino, and part nigger. You'd hate to be me — Raymond Chandler