Staniszewski Obituary Quotes & Sayings

The greatest poem is not that which is most skillfully constructed, but that in which there is the most poetry. — Leopold Schefer

Technology has its own ethic of expediency and efficiency. What can be done efficiently must be done in the most efficient way - even if what is done happens, for example, to be genocide or the devastation of a country by total war. Even the long-term interests of society, or the basic needs of man himself, are not considered when they get in the way of technology. We waste natural resources, as well as those of undeveloped countries, iron, oil, etc., in order to fill our cities and roads with a congestion of traffic that is in fact largely useless, and is a symptom of the meaningless and futile agitation of our own minds. — Thomas Merton

I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly. — Ian Hislop

Joy is always possible. Whenever, meaning - now; wherever, meaning - here. — Ann Voskamp

Considering yourself a serious reader doesn't mean you can't read light books. Loving to read means you sometimes like to turn your head off. — Lauren Leto

Even when we were standing in church and I was getting ready to take my vow I can remember wishing that you were standing there instead of him. — Nicholas Sparks

Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer. — Soren Kierkegaard

A characteristic of creative people is that they imagine making the impossible possible. That imagining - dreaming, noodling, audaciously rejecting what is (for the moment) true - is the way we discover what is new or important. — Ed Catmull

We must unite. Violence against women cannot be tolerated, in any form, in any context, in any circumstance, by any political leader or by any government. — Ban Ki-moon