Tippling Philosopher Quotes & Sayings

Seeking refuge from a world in which huge and mysterious forces were let loose to destruction. — Diana Gabaldon

Words are easy. It's convincing the heart that's hard. — Maria V. Snyder

My wife is beginning to instruct me on means to retrieve dreams, and bit by bit, it does seem to be working. — Theodore Sturgeon

We are force-fed beliefs through incessant advertisements by a culture that ceaselessly fosters our conformity to values which are of no service to the individual. — Chris Matakas

One may speak Latin and have but the mind of a peasant. — John Lancaster Spalding

Working from home as a mother is the worst of everything. You don't have clear boundaries. The kids can get used to you going to work; they can't get used to you ignoring them. And work sometimes gets the message you're not as committed. — Karen Finerman

I've never really been on a date, because I've been with the same girl since my early twenties, but on our first date, I showed her The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. I was like, "Hey, you've got to see this!" And we've been together ever since. — Nicolas Winding Refn

I shot Barton Fink in July and moved out to LA that fall. The movie came out in the spring and it was a year before I got Wings. — Tony Shalhoub

Drinking your milk and talking at the same time may result in your having to be patted on the back and dried for quite a long time afterwords. — A.A. Milne

Forty years ago, Richard Branson, who ultimately founded Virgin Air, found himself in a similar situation in an airport in the Caribbean. They had just canceled his flight, the only flight that day. Instead of freaking out about how essential the flight was, how badly his day was ruined, how his entire career was now in jeopardy, the young Branson walked across the airport to the charter desk and inquired about the cost of chartering a flight out of Puerto Rico. Then he borrowed a portable blackboard and wrote, "Seats to Virgin Islands, $39." He went back to his gate, sold enough seats to his fellow passengers to completely cover his costs, and made it home on time. Not to mention planting the seeds for the airline he'd start decades later. Sounds like the kind of person you'd like to hire — Seth Godin

A warrior must focus his attention on the link between himself and his death ... He must let each of his acts be his last battle on earth. Only under those conditions will his acts have their rightful power. — Carlos Castaneda

Leadership is never an avenue to be self-serving but,a platform to render great service to people. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

Most of my fans are young; they pay for their own tickets and work really hard to be able to come, and so I want to give all of them the best show. — Miley Cyrus

The emergencies you train for almost never happen. It's the one you can't train for that kills you. — Ernest K. Gann

War is the domain of physical exertion and suffering. — Carl Von Clausewitz