Sugiriera Quotes & Sayings

It's not what people do to you, but what they mean, that hurts. — E. M. Forster

Never pay attention to someone who has not earned your respect. — Habeeb Akande

And what is the state but a servant and a convenience for a large number of people, just like the electric light and the plumbing system? And wouldn't it be preposterous to claim that men must exist for their plumbing, not the plumbing for the men? — Ayn Rand

[Lev Beniov:] The imminence of death did not frighten me as much as it should have. I had been too afraid for too long; I was too exhausted, too hungry, too feel anything with proper intensity. But if my fear had diminished, it was not because my courage had increased. My body was so weak, so spent, that my legs trembled from the effort of standing upright. I could summon no great concern for anything, including the fate of Lev Beniov. — David Benioff

If you have a brain, you are obliged to use it. — Meryl Streep

This realization leads to a different question than that suggested by all these tips on simplifying the holidays. Namely, what are you saving your energy for? This is all there is. Anything could happen and you are not guaranteed another snowman. So make a fuss. Make a show. Spend your energy now. — Laura Vanderkam

Note that the #1 Top Reviewer at Amazon (4550 book reviews) is Harriet Klausner, formerly an acquisitions librarian in Pennsylvania. This just goes to show that librarians were destined to rule the Web. — Peter Morville

The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount. — B.F. Skinner

Fashion has changed, and it's continuing to change because, fundamentally, people get bored quicker. — Jon Anderson

The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it. — Carl Friedrich Gauss

A king is no king without his people, but a people without their king would be lost as well.
Lan Fan (Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood) — Hiromu Arakawa

When a nation forgets her skill in war, when her religion becomes a mockery, when the whole nation becomes a nation of money-grabbers, then the wild tribes, the barbarians drive in ... Who will our invaders be? From whence will they come? — Robert E. Howard

In order to grow
you have to let go
of all that you are
and all that you know. — Maureen Rose Muldoon