Vranken Premier Quotes & Sayings

He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave. — Garth Stein

I've always hated the danger part of climbing, and it's great to come down again because it's safe. — Edmund Hillary

Most people don't cry when they're upset or frightened, but rather when they're frustrated. Your frustration is understandable. You've been through a most trying time. -Hodge — Cassandra Clare

When your institution is under assault, you're feeling like the weight is on it and the history might be flowing away, don't turn inward, go outward. — David Brooks

Reassurance is a good way to reinforce — Keith Grafman

The one thing the media abhors almost without exception is anyone who takes a firm stand on any issue out of religious principle, unless their stand happens to coincide with their expressed views. — Francis Schaeffer

Oh, come on, just this once," Eve said. "Protects your neck. As in your arteries and veins?
That's kind of crucial, right?"
"Thanks for the thought, but it doesn't go with my shoes."
"You're seriously going to worry about what people think right now?"
"No, I'm worrying about people taking pictures and putting them on Facebook. That crap never dies. Kind of like you, Mikey."
Michael, straight-faced, said, "He's got a point, because I would definitely take pictures. So would you."
Eve had to grin. "Yeah, I would. Okay, then. But you'd look glam. I could fix you up with silver eye shadow to match. — Rachel Caine

He and his mother weren't close and never had been, really. In this, as in so much else in his life, Jess was alone — Rachel Caine

When one has finished building one's house, one suddenly realizes that in the process one has learned something that one really needed to know in the worst way - before one began. — Friedrich Nietzsche

But the answer isn't just to intimidate people into consuming more 'serious' news; it is to push so-called serious outlets into learning to present important information in ways that can properly engage audiences. It is too easy to claim that serious things must be, and can almost afford to be, a bit boring. The challenge is to transcend the current dichotomy between those outlets that offer thoughtful but impotent instruction on the one hand and those that provide sensationalism stripped of responsibility on the other. — Alain De Botton

I don't act my age, I act my personality. — Khaya Dlanga