Wsj Steve Jobs Quotes & Sayings

The desert was a school, a school where each day, each hour, a final examination was offered, where failure meant death and the buzzards landed to correct the papers. — Louis L'Amour

My dream was to be known as a writer and to be able to produce at least one book that would be read by people. That dream came true with the publication of my first novel - and all the rest has been a sweet bonus. — Robert Cormier

This is the problem with having a barrier between you and everyone else - you see it, but they don't. They talk to you, but you can't talk back to them. — David Levithan

The future is in the skies. — Mustafa Kemal Ataturk

Yeah, right. Life is a soul-sucking test that you either survive or you fail. Personally, I think failure blows, so I intend to survive and laugh my ass off at all the losers. (Nick) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

God has prepared our victory for us, if only we will praise Him in all circumstances — Sunday Adelaja

We can only achieve true wisdom when our soul is liberated from our bodies by death. — Arianna Huffington

Islam's borders are bloody and so are its innards. The fundamental problem for the West is not Islamic fundamentalism. It is Islam, a different civilisation whose people are convinced of the superiority of their culture and are obsessed with the inferiority of their power. — Samuel P. Huntington

I would like to believe this is a story I'm telling. I need to believe it. I must believe it. Those who can believe that such stories are only stories have a better chance. If it's a story I'm telling, then I have control over the ending. Then there will be an ending, to the story, and real life will come after it. I can pick up where I left off. — Margaret Atwood

He who keeps his faith only, cannot be discrowned. — James Russell Lowell

Much of what is today called "social criticism" consists of members of the upper classes denouncing the tastes of the lower classes (bawdy entertainment, fast food, plentiful consumer goods) while considering themselves egalitarians. — Steven Pinker

Early tattooing was thought to have mystical protection, to be a talisman of sorts worn on the skin. — Kym Grosso

I feel blessed to be a musician, and I know it's a power given to me from God that I must use in a very positive way. — Vusi Mahlasela

I've got to make a new life for myself, I'm out to learn how to enjoy my leisure now that I'm retired. I've been doing things people expected of me always. I want to feel free. I want to sit under a linden tree with nothing more important to worry about than the temperature of the beer, if there is anything more important. — Walter Huston