Wiecua Quotes & Sayings

Always history is being made; opinions attitudes and institutions change, and there is evolution in the nature of capitalism — Frank Knight

It isn't sacrifice if you love what you're doing. — Mia Hamm

One day Samuel strained his back lifting a bale of hay, and it hurt his feelings more than his back, for he could not imagine a life in which Sam Hamilton was not privileged to lift a bale of hay. He felt insulted by his back, almost as he would have been if one of his children had been dishonest — John Steinbeck

I think that having good data, good statistics-and the United States generally has better macroeconomic statistics than most countries-and having good economists to interpret those data and present the policy alternatives, has a substantially beneficial effect on policymaking in the United States. — Ben Bernanke

How much do people really want to learn? I mean, some people get into a groove and they stay with it indefinitely. And what starts off as a great moment of explosive passion can end up as cabaret 25, 30 years later. It just depends on whether you go and find the right habitat to extend yourself. — Robert Plant

You don't say hello to Mr. DeNiro? Show the respect, will ya? — Joe Pesci

Yom HaShoah is a vital day in the Jewish calendar, providing us with a focal point for our remembrance. We cannot bring the dead back to life, but we can bring their memory back to life and ensure they are not forgotten. We can undertake in our lives to do what they were so cruelly prevented from doing in theirs. — Jonathan Sacks

I'm a staunch Independant. Every time I think I am a Republican, they do something greedy, and every time I think I am a Democrat, they go and do someting stupid. — Jay Leno

If you're ignorant, it's easy to be bullied. — Robert T. Kiyosaki

The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative. — Harry Browne

Graystorm: You know Firestar was also very naughty, just like you.
Bramblepaw: Really? He seems to be very responsible!
Graystorm: Yes. I was there when he was too stubborn to not help RiverClan — Erin Hunter

Here is something for you to write down and remember: facing reality is never pessimistic. Believing the truth, no matter how difficult that may be, is the ultimate act of optimism because it opens up the panorama of options that will free us from further deception. Taking off a blindfold is never an act of pessimism. Getting angry at the truth (or at the messenger who delivers the truth) is a self-deceptive act of narcissistic theater, and it is a colossal waste of time. — Michael Bunker

What she doesn't realize is that I have survived for her as well -- and only now am I beginning to survive for myself. — Dani Shapiro

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity. — Herbert Hoover

The formal scientific definition of theory is quite different from the everyday meaning of the word. It refers to a comprehensive explanation of some aspect of nature that is supported by a vast body of evidence. — National Academy Of Sciences