Wislene Victor Quotes & Sayings

Books gratify and excite our curiosity in innumerable ways. — William Godwin

Normally pleasure is never the goal of human strivings but rather is, and must remain, an effect, more specifically, the side effect of attaining a goal. Attaining the goal constitutes a reason for being happy. In other words, if there is a reason for happiness, happiness ensues, automatically and spontaneously, as it were. And that is why one need not pursue happiness, one need not care for it once there is a reason for it. Figure 3 But, even more, one cannot pursue it. To the extent to which one makes happiness the objective of his motivation, he necessarily makes it the object of his attention. But precisely by so doing he loses sight of the reason for happiness, and happiness itself must fade away. — Viktor E. Frankl

The development of faith in the Lord is an individual matter. Repentance is also an individual matter. Only as an individual can one be baptized and receive the Holy Ghost. Each of us is born individually; likewise, each of us is "born again" individually. Salvation is an individual matter. — Russell M. Nelson

I'll put my record of service up against anyone, bar none. — Scott Ritter

If you are sending someone some Styrofoam, what do you pack it in? — Steven Wright

He kissed my palm, lingering his lips on my skin. Then he inhaled.
"Mmmm," he moaned. " Like gin to an alcoholic. Sweet as fresh molasses and deadly as snake venom. — Kellie Thacker

You will lose your hand, find your fist and gain an ally. You will also meet your enemy face-to-face. — James A. Moore

It's only when an American steps outside of their own culture that you see how integral it is. — Jess Row

I keep to this routine every day without variation. The repetition itself becomes the important thing; it's a form of mesmerism. I mesmerize myself to reach a deeper state of mind. — Haruki Murakami

Part of what's cool about being an actor or being in this industry, frankly, is to be able to travel to distant lands. That's part of the deal. I always thought when I was growing up, I wanna be an actor and go see the world.' — Lake Bell

President Obama's call for nearly a half-trillion dollars in more government stimulus when America has more than $14 trillion in debt is guided by his mistaken belief that we can spend our way to prosperity. — Rick Perry

I think the craziest thing I've seen is probably a fan sleeping overnight for two nights before a show, which was probably a bit excessive - they still probably could have been first either way! But I guess it turned into a really exciting, sort of, camping-out trip for them so it was cool. — Hoodie Allen

I say a vote for the Democrats or Republicans is the ONLY wasted vote ... By buying into the rhetoric that there are only two parties worth voting for ... you increase their power. And with it, you promote the watered-down freedoms and endless government growth that these two parties consisently vote for. — Carla Howell

Americans are a quarter of a billion people who have almost nothing in common except for the fact they've been told they have lots in common. — Douglas Coupland