Svenenstein Quotes & Sayings

But beware of this about callings: they may not lead us where we intended to go or even where we want to go. If we choose to follow, we may have to be willing to let go of the life we already planned and accept whatever is waiting for us. And if the calling is true, though we may not have gone where we intended, we will surely end up where we need to be. — Steve Goodier

I have to be myself, I can't be no one else ... — Noel Gallagher

Ramon looked closely at the little guy as he ate. "Maybe he's Jewish. I mean, if Sammy Davis Jr. could convert to Judaism, why not a chupacabra? We should name him Harry Mendelbaum."
I held up my arms in protest. "You're all racist. Now shut up. We'll call him Taco von Precious of Svenenstein. There, everybody happy?"
"Isn't von the same thing as of?" Frank asked. "Wouldn't that be kind of redundant?"
"You're redundant," I said. — Lish McBride

Let us have an education, that shall practically develop our thinking faculties and manhood; and then, and only then, shall we be able to vie with our oppressors, go where we may ... — Martin Delany

This is ... self-knowled ge-for a man to know what he knows, and what he does not know. — Socrates

Corporations are the new dictators. — Gabriel Byrne

Psychoanalysis is confession without absolution. — G.K. Chesterton

I'm about to enter a national ass-kicking contest. With no legs. And a massive ass. — Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Giving money effectively is almost as hard as earning it in the first place. — Bill Gates

Poverty is easy to bear if it is only temporary, easier still if it is an entirely voluntary burden. — D.E. Stevenson

For me, one of the lessons from 9/11 is that you have to give the organization context for how you're acting, and you've got to communicate constantly, in this case particularly with all the changes that were occurring in the financial marketplace and in the economy. — Kenneth Chenault

I've watched with amazement as Local Motors has pioneered a co-creation and micro-manufacturing model that has democratized the development and production of complex machines, effectively transforming consumer choice from supply-driven to demand-driven. — Bre Pettis