Stirandstrain Quotes & Sayings

The Larks were bumbling entrepreneurs and petty thieves, but they were also self-deceived. While their moral standards for the rest of the world were rigid, they were always able to find excuses for their own shortcomings. It is these people really, said my father, small-time hypocrites, who may in special cases be capable of monstrous acts if given the chance. — Louise Erdrich

Rude is arrogance. Rude is feeling like you're above people. Getting to the point of things ain't rude, sugar. — Belle Aurora

I've never been one who agonizes over my work. — Ewan McGregor

We're not trying to harass the average American. We need to convert this now to a risk-based system, with TSA concentrating and focusing on intelligence, on security, setting up again the parameters of which we do this. — John Mica

If your business plan depends on suddenly being "discovered" by some big shot, your plan will probably fail. Nobody suddenly discovers anything. Things are made slowly and in pain. — Hugh MacLeod

Given a choice between hearing my daughter say "I'm pregnant" or "I used a condom", most mothers would get up in the middle of the night and buy them herself. — Joycelyn Elders

This thought has met with the fate of many other useful projects, of being applauded and neglected. — Voltaire

Someone asked me very recently why I have 8 million views on TED - "your work resonates, what are you doing?" What I think my contribution is, what I do well, is I name experiences that are very universal that no one really talks about. That's the researcher in me; that's really part of being a grounded theory researcher - putting names to concepts and experiences that people have. That's the researcher part. — Brene Brown

The really pop country stuff can sound a little bland because they put in strings and horns and all of that. — Joe Perry

I wanted to kill her and make her eat her fringe. And her knickers. — Louise Rennison

An equal vision is an equal chance on world peace,
Petra Hermans
November 10, 2016 — Petra Hermans

Tomas looked over at Newt, brarely able to see his friend's face.
What, you jealous or something? — James Dashner

God is good, but the devil is not so bad to those he likes, — Amanda Hocking

The boss depends on authority; the leader on goodwill. — Harry Gordon Selfridge