Wandering Oaken Trading Post Quotes & Sayings

Efficiency in government is a more elusive concept than efficiency in the private economy, which may be measured relatively easily as output per units of input. What is the government's 'output?' — Nathan Myhrvold

Never presume to know the mind of God. -Inescapable — Amy A. Bartol

Despite all the variables and advise, like love and marriage it seemed to me that learning to cast ought to be a lot easier than it was. — Jessica Maxwell

I am afraid if the present trend in Vietnam continues that direct confrontation, first of all between Washington and Peking, is inevitable. — U Thant

Don't you ever think of going back? Silly question. There are threads that help you find your way back, and there are threads that intend to bring you back. Mind turns to the pull, it's hard to pull away. I'm always thinking of going back. When Lot's wife looked over her shoulder, she turned into a pillar of salt.Pillars hold things up, and salt keeps things clean, but it's a poor exchange for losing your self. People do go back, but they don't survive, because two realities are claiming them at the same time. Such things are too much. You can salt your heart, or kill your heart, or you can choose between two realities. There is much pain here. Some people think you can have your cake and eat it. The cake goes mouldy and they choke on what's left. — Jeanette Winterson

There's never an easy route to the things that matter. — Charles De Lint

I can do web, comic books, macrame, art. — Joss Whedon

I thought to myself: if it's true that every person has a star in the sky, mine must be distant, dim, and absurd. Perhaps I never had a star. — Sadegh Hedayat

I have come to realize my need to take the New Testament witness seriously that groaning and grief and feeling broken are legitimate ways for me to express my cross-bearing discipleship to Jesus. It's not as if groaning means I am somehow doing something wrong. Groaning is a sign of my fidelity. — Wesley Hill