Vghs Calhoun Quotes & Sayings

Mom was the greatest influence of my childhood. She wanted to save me from the vice, lust, and drinking that was all about me. — Ethel Waters

I've never done anything for the common consensus. I do things to please me. If you are happy with something yourself, you become bulletproof. — Ricky Gervais

The proper study of mankind is the science of design. — Herbert Simon

I've never let the criticism deter me. — Jamaica Kincaid

In the great depression, things could only be set right by causing the idle plant to work again ... Roosevelt ... spent billions of public money and created a huge public debt, but by so doing he revived production and brought his country out of the depression. Businessmen, who in spite of such a sharp lesson continued to believe in old-fashioned economics, were infinitely shocked, and although Roosevelt saved them from ruin, they continued to curse him and to speak of him as 'the madman in the White House.' ... [It's one more] striking example of inability to learn from experience. — Bertrand Russell

When going for a run, I pick fresh air, openness, and scenery of the outdoors over a treadmill every time. — Robert Cheeke

I think the only boundaries are individual and personal. A writer should be free to write about anything he or she wants to, including the twin towers. I have made small references to 9/11 in my past two books. — Michael Connelly

We don't let them have ideas. Why would we let them have guns? — Joseph Stalin

The Red Army and Navy and the whole Soviet people must fight for every inch of Soviet soil, fight to the last drop of blood for our towns and villages ... onward, to victory! — Joseph Stalin

Love hath made thee a tame snake — William Shakespeare

No matter how much good you do, there will always be a few per cent of people who don't support you. — Vincent Tan

Sometimes you're ahead of the game and sometimes people don't get it and that's just one of those things you have to accept and carry on. — Paul Weller

Make every thought, every fact, that comes into your mind pay you a profit. Make it work and produce for you. Think of things not as they are but as they might be. Don't merely dream - but create! — Robert Collier

I love people who are fearless, and I'm a spiritual guy, so I connect with people spiritually. — Haywood Nelson

I need noise and interruptions and irritation: irritation and discomfort are a great starter. The loneliness of doing it any other way would kill me. — Anita Brookner