Stratstone Land Quotes & Sayings

While the meetings included traders, that is, people who are judged on their numerical performance, it was mostly a forum for salespeople (people capable of charming customers), and the category of entertainers called Wall Street "economists" or "strategists," who make pronouncements on the fate of the markets, but do not engage in any form of risk taking, thus having their success dependent on rhetoric rather than actually testable facts. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Humankind has been telling stories forever and will be telling stories forever. — Jim Crace

I did not cry. I only breathed. Horribly. Intentionally. And then forgot to breathe. — Cheryl Strayed

And on the subject of naming animals, can I just say how happy I was to discover that the word yeti, literally translated, apparently means "that thing over there."
("Quick, brave Himalayan Guide - what's that thing over there?"
"Yeti."
"I see.") — Neil Gaiman

students who are bullied perceive less social support from peers and students who perpetrate bullying perceive less social support from parents and teachers. — Dorothy L. Espelage

The United States ... has a warm and a unique relationship of friendship with Israel that is morally right. It is compatible with our deepest religious convictions, and it is right in terms of America's own strategic interests. We are committed to Israel's security, prosperity, and future as a land that has so much to offer the world. — Jimmy Carter

I'm a really, really, smart, multi-talented almost-genius, who's very annoying. — Tyler, The Creator

You must be able to communicate properly with the people you want to minister to — Sunday Adelaja

Young people today are being robbed. Of their rights. Of their freedom. Of their dignity. Of their futures. The culprits? My generation and our predecessors, who either created or failed to stop the world straddling engine of theft, degradation, manipulation, and social control we call the welfare state. — Tom G. Palmer

I know what it felt ... like when I ... thought you were dead, and-" A small gasp for breath, and her eyes locked on his. "And I wouldn't do that to you." Her bosom fell and her eyes closed.
It was a long moment before he could speak.
"Thank ye, Sassenach," he whispered, and held her small, cold hand between his own and watched her breathe until the moon rose. — Diana Gabaldon

Of course, losing my father was traumatic. I was an only child. But from the time my father died, my general theme in life has been to turn adversity into opportunity. — Thomas G. Stemberg

Listen to your heart into which the Holy Spirit has put the treasure He has for you — Sunday Adelaja

We are either kings or pawns of men — Napoleon Bonaparte

Clearly I am a very strong, top-of-the-line, always-rising-to-it personage. — Lark Voorhies

We become happier not by accumulating more things but by creating richer experiences — Robin Sharma