Tihneasca Quotes & Sayings

Older people are most beautiful when they have what is lacking in the young: poise, erudition, wisdom, phronesis, and this post-heroic absence of agitation. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

My parents played bridge, and I remember being fascinated watching them. I sometimes got a chance to sit in on a hand, which I loved. But then I didn't actually play on my own for about 30 years. — Louis Sachar

Acting is a tough business, and the percentage of people who make it is very low - it's about 1 percent. — Lee Majors

The most profound security threat we face today is global warming ... climate change has the capacity to change the way all of us live. — William J. Clinton

A distraction can be your greatest gift to yourself. Remember, when it starts to feel like our thoughts are thinking us, it's due to the fact that we have developed certain patterns of thoughts that keep us stuck. When we are able to successfully distract ourselves we can withdraw from these mental ruts and change the direction of our focus and, in turn, the course of our daily lives. — D.S. Luca

We are in this business, whether it be intelligence or the government, to protect freedom, democracy and liberty, not to violate that. — John O. Brennan

In 1951, Aerojet provided an employee cafeteria that featured roast prime rib of beef (seventy-five cents) on Thursdays, New York steaks (eighty-five cents) on Wednesdays and lobster (seventy-five cents) on Friday. — Maryellen Burns