Themistoklis Quotes & Sayings

Eat not to dullness, drink not to elevation. — Benjamin Franklin

As my colleague, the physical chemist Peter Atkins, puts it, we must be equally agnostic about the theory that there is a teapot in orbrit around the planet Pluto. We can't disprove it. But that doesn't mean the theory that there is a teapot is on level terms with the theory that there isn't. — Richard Dawkins

Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain. — George Will

I tell young people who ask me about a future in writing not to go into it unless they get married to someone rich. — F. Sionil Jose

Today, Americans of all political stripes are coming to a similar, sad realization about our president. A recent Fox News poll asked Americans 'How often does Barack Obama lie to the country on important matters?' Thirty-seven percent said 'most of the time,' 24 percent said 'some of the time,' and 20 percent said 'only now and then.' Just 15% said 'never.' — Marc Thiessen

The payoff of a human venture is, in general, inversely proportional to what it is expected to be. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Screenwriting Joe Eszterhas have always talked about the charm of evil. — Chris Hayes

I feel like Eurovision is a parallel dimension. It reminds me of 'Dance Fever' and 'Solid Gold' when I was a kid. Then when you hear these songs sung in English by someone who may or may not understand the words, the unique awesomeness hits you. — Seamus Dever

...It doesn't pay to act bulletproof. Nobody is flawless and when you act as if you are, it always rings false. — Biz Stone

All daring and courage, I said, All iron endurance of misfortune, make for a finer, nobler type of manhood. — Tom Spanbauer

Although it is generally known, I think it's about time to announce that I was born at a very early age. — Douglas Horton

I sincerely believe that no problem is bigger than man, and problems are blown out of proportion by man himself. — Kajol

A man treats his own faults as original sin and supposes them scattered everywhere with the seed of Adam. He supposes that men have then added their own foreign vices to the solid and simple foundation of his own private vices. It would astound him to realize that they have actually, by their strange erratic path, avoided his vices as well as his virtues. — G.K. Chesterton