Vector Perkins Quotes & Sayings

The whip degrades; a severe father teaches his children to dissemble; their love is pretense, and their obedience a species of self-defense. Fear is the father of lies. — Robert Green Ingersoll

Your case gives me new hope," I said to him. "With me, more and more often I happen to pick up a novel that has just appeared and I find myself reading the same book I have read a hundred times. — Italo Calvino

Jay Abraham's client sent him $50,000 a month for a long time for writing one headline. That's what people who understand communication can do. — Eben Pagan

She couldn't find her shirt, but she sure as hell found her gun. — Shelly Laurenston

It's true to say that once I've got the bare bones of a story, I often get ideas from my own research trips to faraway places. — Michelle Paver

It will make the Tea Party look like a tea party. — Russ Feingold

The kingdom of God is available to you in the here and the now. But the question is whether you are available to the kingdom. Our practice is to make ourselves ready for the kingdom so that it can manifest in the here and the now. You don't need to die in order to enter the kingdom of heaven. In fact, you have to be truly alive in order to do so. — Thich Nhat Hanh

What we see in this world is a gross abnormality. The human consciousness fails to perceive the very simple, divine nature of every atom in every moment. — Frederick Lenz

If I'm not working on something, I'm eager to work on something because it's so gratifying. — Chris Van Allsburg

The man whose whole activity is diverted to inner meditation becomes insensible to all his surroundings. — Emile Durkheim

What did you forget I existed? — Valerie Thompson

I love every aspect of the creation of motion pictures and I guess I am committed to it for life. — Clint Eastwood

I rewrite a great deal. I'm always fiddling, always changing something. I'll write a few words - then I'll change them. I add. I subtract. I work and fiddle and keep working and fiddling, and I only stop at the deadline. — Ellen Goodman

The history of inequality is shaped by the way economic, social, and political actors view what is just and what is not, as well as by the relative power of those actors and the collective choices that result. It is the joint product of all relevant actors combined. — Thomas Piketty

When delivering something like an important letter or other written materials, grasp it firmly in your hand as you go and do not release it once, but hand it over directly to the recipient. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo