Terrenos A Venda Quotes & Sayings

They themselves do not see the world of light as we do, but our shapes cast shadows in their minds, which only the noon sun destroys. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Most consumers don't have a good metric for deciding on whether the dictionary they want to use is a good one ... so they flip the book over, then go to the back, and it says, 'Over 250,000 entries.' And they go, 'Great, this dictionary must be awesome!' — Erin McKean

Spring makes everything young again except man. — Charles Francis Richter

Don't let the idiots ruin your day. — James De La Vega

It required all his delicate Epicurean education to prevent his doing something about it; he had to repeat over to himself his favorite notions: that the injustice and unhappiness in the world is a constant; that the theory of progress is a delusion; that the poor, never having known happiness, are insensible to misfortune. Like all the rich he could not bring himself to believe that the poor (look at their houses, look at their clothes) could really suffer. Like all the cultivated he believed that only the widely read could be said to know that they were unhappy. — Thornton Wilder

The most common post YC failure case for the companies we fund, is they're incredibly focussed during YC on their company ... and after they start doing a lot of other things. They advise companies, they go to conferences, whatever. — Sam Altman

But something's missing ( Aber etwas fehlt ). — Bertolt Brecht

Even today, in a period of decline, the average human being is physically better off than he was a few centuries ago. But no advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimetre nearer. — Anonymous

Happiness has more to do with where you are heading than where you are. — Scott Adams

I believe God intervenes in the lives of every one of us. He speaks to us in different ways and at different times so that we may know he is the author of our very personality. — Ravi Zacharias

One day. One damn day since I talked with Hayles. I've never been more happy for a Monday. — Becca Ann

Quite possibly there's nothing as fine as a big freight train starting across country in early summer, Hardesty thought. That's when you learn that the tragedy of plants is that they have roots. — Mark Helprin

When someone discovers something in their lives that really interests them, then they should be content with doing that - without having to go and lie on a beach once a year. — Bernd Becher

Happiness, unlike grief, does not clamor for a chronicler. — Maude Meagher