Willaman Kristine Quotes & Sayings

The undoing is almost always more difficult than the doing. — Kate DiCamillo

You lose that sacred-cow status when you lose three straight years. — Joe Dumars

Roads are the blood vessels of the economy. — Jakaya Kikwete

I was a commercial roofer before this, until about age thirty. I will not work others under me and do not want to work under others. — Padgett Powell

The issue is not the thing, but rather our approach to the thing. Same as with food. Our temptation is to objectify the problem, trying to locate sin in the stuff - in the tobacco, in the alcohol, in the gun, in the donut - instead of where sin is actually located, which is right under the breastbone. — Douglas Wilson

Why the transfer of decisions from those with personal experience and a stake in the outcome to those with neither can be expected to lead to better decisions is a question seldom asked, much less answered. — Thomas Sowell

Just sit and think? Perish the thought. — Anonymous

Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience. — Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte De Buffon

Tell you what I don't like about a place so goddamned orderly like this. As an artist ... it's the lines that get me. All the straight lines in the walls, on the floors, in the corners that turn into boxes - like coffins. The only way I can get rid of the boxes is to take a few drinks. Then all the lines get wavy and wiggly, and I feel a lot better about the whole world. When things are all straight and lined up this way I get morbid. — Daniel Keyes

In a person's career, well, if you're process-oriented and not totally outcome-oriented, then you're more likely to be success. I often say 'pursue excellence, ignore success.' Success is a by-product of excellence. — Deepak Chopra

If you don't have the ambition to be the very best at what you do, then what's the point? If you aim for greatness but keep missing -- fine. At least you had the guts to aim. There's honour in failing that way. But there's nothing honourable about settling for mediocrity. — Benjamin Wood

Sincerity? I can fake that. — William J. Clinton

You may not think about politics, but politics think about you. — Aung San Suu Kyi

In truth I never really liked any of the heavy drugs, because normally my energy is up when I'm performing, and that's about it. Cocaine is nothing new. It's the pressure, I think. People use it to relieve that, and for me it is about getting numb and forgetting. I have a reverse metabolic reaction to the stuff. — Robin Williams