Vagrant Traveler Quotes & Sayings

Ours is truly a God-forsaken country. Difficult, indeed, is it for us to maintain the strength of will to do. We get no help in any real sense. There is no one, within miles of us, in converse with whom we might gain an accession of vitality. No one near seems to be thinking, or feeling, or working. Not a soul has any experience of big striving, or of really and truly living. They all eat and drink, do their office work, smoke and sleep, and chatter nonsensically. When they touch upon emotion they grow sentimental, when they reason they are childish. One yearns for a full-blooded, sturdy, and capable personality; these are all so many shadows, flitting about, out of touch with the world. — Rabindranath Tagore

The best use of power is not to have to use it at all. — Kenneth H. Blanchard

There's much more we can be doing in Parliament, we could be giving more power back to people at local government level, through local referendums. — Theresa May

Perhaps to lose a sense of where you are implies the danger of losing a sense of who you are. — Ralph Ellison

The West didn't see our real situation, and we were blinded by the compliments coming from the Europeans and Americans. — Irakli Okruashvili

Take advantage of little sufferings even more than of great ones. God considers not so much what we suffer as how we suffer ... Turn everything to profit as the grocer does in his shop. — Louis De Montfort

People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament. — A.P. Herbert

Jazz is a big thing with me. It's a very big passion of mine, to play it. I'm an amateur musician and I love everything about it. I was obsessed with jazz when I was 15 years old and I know a lot about it because I've loved it so much. — Woody Allen

Be fun! I don't like homes or rooms that don't have a sense of humor or have some sense of whimsy or a personality. Your home should reflect who you are, and what you love. I would never have something in my home because it's the thing to have. I have to love it and it needs some connection to me. — Bryan Batt

Keep the boss aware. Bosses, after all, are held responsible by their own bosses for the performance of their subordinates. They must be able to say: I know what Anne [or John] is trying to do. — Peter Drucker

Have you seen the bologna that has the olives in it? Who's that for? 'I like my bologna like a martini. With an olive.' 'I'll have the bologna sandwich - dirty.' — Jim Gaffigan