Theadore Roosevelt Quotes & Sayings

I like Q&A's better than articles sometimes because I feel like I'd rather hear somebody actually talk or wrestle with ... — Jose Antonio Vargas

I don't care about being happy. Only about being the best. — Sona Charaipotra

I think that one should view with philosophic admiration the strange paths of the libido and should investigate the purposes of its circuitous ways. — Carl Jung

Families, like countries, take their prophets unkindly, but a verse-speaker in the house is dishonor to be hooted. — Dylan Thomas

It would be just as pointless to oppose the international use of English today as it would have been to oppose the worldwide use of French in the 18th century. — Maurice Allais

When he smiled his teeth looked like a picket fence that a tornado had wrecked. — Carolyn Brown

You might argue that my example is bad because Einstein is dead. But according to physicist Erwin Schrodinger, Einstein is neither dead nor alive until we dig him up and open the casket. If he's alive, he might want his brain back, which I understand is in a Ziplock bag in some guy's freezer. And this is a perfect example of why examples always distract from the main point. — Scott Adams

Stoicism is the fundamental characteristic of the French. — Gertrude Atherton

Each lift of his eyes, each parting of the thatched lip from the clean-shaven, must prelude the tenderness that kills the Monk and the Beast at a single blow. — E. M. Forster

Ages ago, in another city, on another bus, I sat so at the windows, looking outward, inventing for each flying face which trapped my brief attention some life, some destiny, in which I played a part. I was looking for some whisper, or promise, of my possible salvation. But it seemed to me that morning that my ancient self had been dreaming the most dangerous dream of all. — James Baldwin

A life where you didn't follow your heart wasn't a life. And sometimes you just had to make the leap and trust in something that didn't make sense. — Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

Self-actualizing people have a deep feeling of identification, sympathy, and affection for human beings in general. They feel kinship and connection, as if all people were members of a single family. — Abraham Maslow

So the second law is merely probabilistic. Statistically, everything tends toward maximum entropy. — James Gleick

I am giving you these to commemorate the fact that I have already given you my heart." He swallowed thickly as his eyes searched hers. "This is my way of saying that you, Julianne, are the love of my life, and I want something of mine with you always. Don't you see? These diamonds represent my heart. You can't refuse them. — Sylvain Reynard