Valden Paes Quotes & Sayings

I've never really seen myself as one of the premier guys. I work hard and strive to be one of the best at my position, but never do I tell myself, "I'm one of the best guys." I'm just excited that Vita Coco invited me to be a part of their team with guys like Lynch and Jones. Any time you can be mentioned with guys like Jones and Lynch it's an honor. — Giovani Bernard

At twenty the things for which one does not care a damn should, properly, be many. — Rudyard Kipling

Human behavior is incredibly pliable, plastic. — Philip G. Zimbardo

Great churches aren't built on the gifts or talents of a few, but on the sacrifice of many. — Brian Houston

Engineering-driven companies falsely assume that because they build it, the industry will magically become aware and be willing to buy it. — Brian Lawley

That was terribly thoughtless of you. What good is having friends if they don't put you in mortal peril every once in a while? — Brandon Sanderson

Call center technology enables companies to "score" incoming calls and to give faster service to those that come from affluent places. — Michael J. Sandel

I am lonely, I am lonely, I am lonely, I am lonely, I am lonely. How appropriate that I write this to myself. — Richard Paul Evans

Some people have been talking about - every place I go, they bring up the issue of foreign aid. I go, 'You can't get rid of all foreign aid.' — Dan Webster

Refer me to one atheist who denies the existence of God ... Etymologically, as well as philosophically, an atheist is one without God. That is all the 'A' before 'Theist' really means. — George William Foote

There are only two reasons why you should ever be asked to give your youngsters. One is defense of our homes. The other is the defense of our Bill of Rights and particularly the right to worship God as we see fit. Every other reason advanced for the murder of young men is a racket, pure and simple. — Smedley D. Butler

The only place where people in Manhattan walk for leisure is in the park. — Christo

These are people whose names are lost to history, but when you have that kind of encounter, somehow you get a whole new perspective on what's of value and how to behave in the face of oppression, and the strength that any single person or a group of people can bring with their own will. — Clara Bingham

If I am only happy for myself, many fewer chances for happiness. If I am happy when good things happen to other people, billions more chances to be happy! — Dalai Lama XIV

[In relation to business:] Invention must be its keynote-a steady progression from one thing to another. As each in turn approaches a saturated market, something new must be produced. — Reginald Fessenden