Unsubsidized Stafford Quotes & Sayings

For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune. — Aeschylus

The relevance of Marxism to science is that it removes it from its imagined position of complete detachment and shows it as a part, but a critically important part, of economy and social development. — John Desmond Bernal

Freelancers are 'free' because they take risks - they don't like being told what to do. That's both exciting and daunting, because you have to police you. — Chris Hardwick

Only those to whom God is present in everything and who employ their reason in the highest degree and have true enjoyment in it know anything of true peace and have a real kingdom of heaven. — Meister Eckhart

I would say I'm a 19th-century liberal, possibly even an 18th-century one. — Niall Ferguson

A writer must be hard to live with: when not working he is miserable, and when he is working he is obsessed. Or so it is with me. Thus my writing life consists of spells of languor alternating with fits and spasms of mad typing. At all times, though, I keep a journal, a record book, and most everything begins in the form of notes scribbled down on the pages of that journal. — Edward Abbey

The word must is not to be used to princes. — Elizabeth I

I grew up on the beach. It was such a luxury to wake up to the sun and the ocean. — Gemma Ward

Christian practice is that evidence which confirms every other indication of true godliness. — Jonathan Edwards

OH KYO KUN! Isn't it said that eating pink noodles turns you into a horny pervert?! — Natsuki Takaya

It was love at first sight. The first time Yossarian saw the chaplain he fell madly in love with him. — Joseph Heller

Hire the best people you can find. This was kind of easy in the early days of foursquare - we hired our friends who were really passionate about the stuff they were building. We have a superstar team not just because their resumes are so strong, but because they've been passionate, thinking about and tinkering in this space forever. Those are the people you want to surround yourself with. — Dennis Crowley

I didn't buy the Porsche for status. I hate that, and it's actually kind of goofy now because in L.A., a Porsche is like a Honda. It was just that I could pay that much money for a car and drive it off the lot. — Sophia Amoruso