Stalogy Quotes & Sayings

But as human happiness is of a very short duration, so in those days were human fashions upon which it entirely depends. — Jonathan Swift

Excellent," said Cinder, standing up and brushing off her hands. "I was beginning to worry we wouldn't have a pilot for when it's time to take Kai back to Earth. Now I just have to worry about not having a competent one. — Marissa Meyer

Throughout the European Middle Ages and Renaissance, Latin was the language of learning and international communication. But in the early modern period, it was gradually displaced by French. By the eighteenth century, all the world - or at least all of Europe - aspired to be Parisian. — Michael Dirda

It doesn't matter who they vote for, they always vote for us ... — Joseph Stalin

Nicky turned and bolted. He'd only had about a thirty foot head start and a few were closing ground on him quickly. He cursed his hundred-dollar shoes and his vanity. The shoes looked great, but were definitely not made for running, nor was the suit he was wearing. He vowed that if he made it out of there alive, he'd only wear sneakers and track suits for the rest of his days. Of course, I'll probably be laughed out of the mob, but I don't care at this point. — Ian McClellan

Being a mother is no longer a liability, and being a woman is no longer a pre-existing condition! That's what change looks like. — Kathleen Sebelius

Making one object, in outward or inward nature, more holy to a single heart is reward enough for a life; for the more sympathies we gain or awaken for what is beautiful, by so much deeper will be our sympathy for that which is most beautiful,
the human soul! — James Russell Lowell

The unconscious forces that govern accessible memory are the most arbitrary of editors and the absolute masters of our lives. — Helen McCloy

I don't think too much about how it might exist in the world in a commercial sense - I more just try and focus on making music that I love and trying to put it out into the world. — Moby

For many men that stumble at the threshold are well foretold that danger lurks within. — William Shakespeare

Welch had given his aircraft manufacturing division a stretch goal of reducing errors by 70 percent, an objective so audacious the only way to go about it was to change nearly everything about (a) how workers were trained, (b) which workers were hired, and (c) how the factory ran. — Charles Duhigg

One day as I came home early, I saw a man jogging naked. I said to the guy, 'Hey, buddy, why are you doing that?' He said, 'Because you came home early.' — Rodney Dangerfield