Verlasst Quotes & Sayings

In a given year, 640,000 children, most of them poor, will spend at least some time in foster care. — J.D. Vance

Preachers are not salesmen, for they have nothing to sell. They are bearers of Good News. — Billy Graham

I believe the Sabbath; I keep the Sabbath. — John Harvey Kellogg

The difference between art about death and actual death is that one's a celebration and the other's a dull fact. — Damien Hirst

When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experiences of nearly forty years at sea, I merely say uneventful. I have never been in an accident of any sort worth speaking about ... I never saw a wreck and have never been wrecked, nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort. — Edward Smith

I'm trying to conduct only five months a year, and the rest will be composing time. I'm trying to spend as much as I can out of those months here in L.A., because for creative work, this is a fantastic place. — Esa-Pekka Salonen

You have to wait for me. I'm leading."
"Why are you leading?"
"Because you have no idea what you're doing."
"Fair enough. — Amy Tintera

The most liberating of all thoughts is disregard or "disconcern" for what other people think. Famous mail-order impresario and entrepreneur J. Peterman wrote (in his autobiography Peterman Rides Again); "Once you realize that most people are keeping up appearances and putting on a show, their approval becomes less important." Excessive concern over what other people think inhibits personality more than any other factor. — Maxwell Maltz

The problem with memory is that is changes whatever it touches. It is never that accurate. As a result, I end up modifying and revising my own experiences. It's myth making. — Li-Young Lee

Enthusiasm is highly contagious, so what are you waiting for? Contaminate your students — J.D. Crighton

"Do you want my honest opinion?" People ask. I say, "Yes," for I'm curious. So they give me their honest opinion, And I - well, I'm always furious. — Richard Armour

If I was president of the good old U.S.A., I'd turn the churches into strip clubs and watch the whole world pray. — Kid Rock