Ydat Quotes & Sayings

Really? I asked, which is probably the only answer to anything in Conspiracy. — Jasper Fforde

The Navajo have that wonderful image of what they call the pollen path. The Navajo say, 'Oh, beauty before me, beauty behind me, beauty to the right of me, beauty to the left of me, beauty above me, beauty below me, I'm on the pollen path.' — Joseph Campbell

Quite frankly, I can't get enough of soccer. I tell my jingoistic friends in the United States there's a reason why it is the world's No. 1 sport. The rest of the planet can't be wrong. — Billy Beane

A real friend tells you the truth, even when you don't want to hear it. — Autumn Kalquist

No one's going to go see the story of Othello going to get a peaceful divorce. — Joss Whedon

In accident investigation, as in most other human endeavours, we fall prey to the What-You-Look-For-Is-What-You-Find or WYLFIWYF principle. This is a simple recognition of the fact that assumptions about what we are going to see (What-You-Look-For), to a large extent will determine what we actually find (What-You-Find). (The principle is furthermore not limited to accident investigation, but applies to human perception and cognition in general.) In accident investigations, the guiding assumptions are sometimes explicit, for instance when they are given as a directive or objective.

Erik Hollnagel. The ETTO Principle: Efficiency-Thoroughness Trade-Off (Kindle Locations 998-1000). Kindle Edition. — Erik Hollnagel

Whether we're on the path toward victory or defeat is determined by the very next choice we make. Not the choices from yesterday. Not the choices five minutes ago. — Lysa TerKeurst

Almost anything can be dealt with if people are of good will and light hearts and strong values. — Robert Fulghum

It doesn't take a lot of people to create something amazing. It can take one or four people who are really driven and like minded to create something that has amazing meaning and value to millions of people in the world. — Ji Lee

I have a lot of fond memories of St. Patrick's Day in Chicago. Vague, but fond. — Joel Murray

We wondered why when a child laughed, he belonged to Daddy, and when he had a sagging diaper that smelled like a landfill, 'He wants his mother.' — Erma Bombeck

Great presidents take stands, and they fight off these people who really are so far to the right. I don't want to call them names, even though they would call me names. — Helen Thomas

The central focus of parenting is the gospel. You need to direct not simply the behavior of your children, but the attitudes of their hearts. — Tedd Tripp