Ticians Quotes & Sayings

It's not about how much money you have. It's not about the physical. It's about male role models. When a young boy feels secure and can watch and learn and receive praise from a man he admires, that boy will become a real man. All the money in advertising and all of the crazy superstars in this world can't touch that. When a boy hears words like "I love you", "You're great", "You're daddy's little man", "You're growing up", "I'm so proud of you because...", from a male figure they admire, they will gain a positive and healthy self image that will last them a lifetime. — Wayne Reese

I was not a very good Jew. I never practised what Judaism tells you to do, to teach your kids all about Judaism. — Kirk Douglas

When we classify an issue as a 'shield issue' it is usually because we feel that someone else occupies the high ground on that issue. We feel we can't win on that issue and so we adopt a defensive posture. — Preston Manning

The supply of interpretations, like that of advice, greatly exceeds the need for them. — Harry Stack Sullivan

During Vietnam, I was in college, enjoying my student deferment. The government wisely felt that, in my case, military service was less important than completing my studies to prepare me for my chosen career: comedian. — Al Franken

The heart of manipulation is to empathize without being touched. — Vernor Vinge

If Mr. Edison had thought smarter he wouldn't sweat as much. — Nikola Tesla

It's complicated. On the one hand we're killer apes, and on the other hand we have this metaphysical longing. — Simon Critchley

There was really only one person who - and I remember to this day - he was a fireman, and he said, "You'll never know what you'll do when you're in a fire." Everyone else was like: "I don't care; I would have saved my children; I could have done it. Even if I was asleep I would have woken up and saved my children." But the fireman said, "You never know what's going to happen unless you're in there." — Elizabeth Gilbert