Upbutt Quotes & Sayings

Different parts of the world have different attitudes to failure. Arguably, it may take more courage to be an entrepreneur in Sydney, or Paris, or London, or Japan, or Singapore ... but an entrepreneur sees the world for what it could be, not what it is. — Guy Kawasaki

I'm from Canada, so Thanksgiving to me is just Thursday with more food. And I'm thankful for that. — Howie Mandel

We yearn for there to be meaning to our lives, balanced with a sense of inner peace & joy. — Allan Lokos

So we ask them who they are, and their leader smiles at me and says, 'We are the light.' — Emily St. John Mandel

I'm Irish and always will be, but America has taught me so much. Maybe it's here in the U.S. that we find a healing, for in the broader melting pot we get to look at some of these self-destructive attributes that we bring to bear upon our own quarrels and begin to solve them in ways other than just splitting apart. — Fionnula Flanagan

I don't like to go to the gym very much if I can help it. — Mark Ruffalo

Stacey muttered, "But I hate this school, and this city, and the sooner I leave, the better. I want to start over in a new place. I haven't ... " her voice trailed off and she looked away from Jason, hoping instead to find her words among the falling raindrops. "Do you ever feel like you aren't the person you're supposed to be? That you could be a different person - and have a better life - if things had been just a little different? — J.M. Reep

The manuscript in the drawer either rots or ripens. — Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

All three states - the Lacedaemonian, the Cretan, and the Carthaginian - nearly resemble one another, and are very different from any others. Many of the Carthaginian institutions are excellent. The superiority of their constitution is proved by the fact that the common people remains loyal to the constitution; the Carthaginians have never had any rebellion worth speaking of, and have never been under the rule of a tyrant. — Aristotle.

You have overburdened your argument with ostentatious erudition.
Spoken by Abigail Adams — David McCullough

A bad day for the ego is a good day for the soul. — Michael Beckwith