Waldhaus Quotes & Sayings

Win without boasting. Lose without excuse. — Albert Payson Terhune

Live and let live. You snooze, you lose. Make your life a dream and your dreams come to life. — Soko

It is my firm faith that man is by nature going higher. — Mahatma Gandhi

I am constantly asked: What can you, with your cold rationalism, offer to the seeker after salvation that is comparable to the cozy homelike comfort of a fenced-in dogmatic creed? To this the answer is many-sided.
First, I do not say that I can offer as much happiness as is to be obtained by the abdication of reason. I do not say that I can offer as much happiness as is to be obtained from drink or drugs or amassing great wealth by swindling widows and orphans. It is not the happiness of the individual convert that concerns me; it is the happiness of mankind. If you genuinely desire the happiness of mankind, certain forms of ignoble personal happiness are not open to you. If your child is ill, and you are a conscientious parent, you accept medical diagnosis, however doubtful and discouraging; if you accept the cheerful opinion of a quack and your child consequently dies, you are not excused by the pleasantness of belief in the quack while it lasted. — Bertrand Russell

A sweet fate oft hides a sinner's heart. — George R R Martin

Individual societies begin in harmonious adaptation to the environment and, like individuals, quickly get trapped into nonadaptive, artificial, repetitive sequences. — Timothy Leary

Hotel Waldhaus
We had no luck with the weather and the guests at our table were repellent in every respect. They even ruined Nietzsche for us. Even after they had had a fatal car accident and had been laid out in the church in Sils, we still hated them. — Thomas Bernhard

I couldn't be certain whether their eagerness to leave was fueled by their desire to see more fire or to get away from my mother. I wouldn't have blamed them at all if it was the latter - most people went to great lengths to avoid her on a regular basis, myself and my father included. — Heather James

The doubling of oil prices ... is creating a more difficult environment in which to act. — Gordon Brown

It's not like there's no work in Scotland, but speak to any actor, and they'll tell you it's limited. So you have to go to London or Manchester to broaden your horizons. — Greg McHugh

But the essence of what was said is accurate. — Chris Kyle

Please read the book slowly because it took me a long time to write. — A.W. Rock

There's so much truly putrid advertising out there it's embarrassing. But not all advertising is bad. Some of it is really quite mediocre. — Jef I. Richards

The thicker the hay; the easier mowed. — Alaric I