Zirkelbach Obituary Quotes & Sayings

You cannot change the stripes of a leopard. — Emmitt Smith

The heart is far more than just another stolidly stupid pump - it is a responsive, dynamic participant in the enterprise of life, capable of adaptation, accommodation, and, to some extent, repair. — Sherwin B. Nuland

Nobody who really thinks about history can take politics altogether seriously. — Susan Sontag

In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats - maybe it's imperative that we encounter the defeats - but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be. Human beings are more alike than unalike. — Maya Angelou

To put it succinctly: description without prescription is the germ of resignation, and prescription without description is mere whim. — Reza Negarestani

We have repeatedly observed that while any whole is evolving, there is always going on an evolution of the parts into which it divides itself; but we have not observed that this equally holds of the totality of things, which is made up of parts within parts from the greatest down to the smallest. — Herbert Spencer

Humility - the discipline of putting others ahead of self, the choice to value others above self - is, at its core, a matter of faith. — Charles R. Swindoll

We are in our Self. We are not in the world. — Ramana Maharshi

My wife is from Chicago, and every time we go, I just love it. I love the restaurant scene, and people here are so into the food. It's one of the most exciting food cities in the country. — Daniel Humm

And so she remained, like everything that mattered to me then, secret - to be pursued in the woods by moonlight, when I was supposed to be studying. — Garth Risk Hallberg

In the early 1930s, flying from England to Australia was the longest flight in the world. It was considered extremely dangerous and hazardous, pushing pilots to the limits of mechanical skills and human endurance. Aviation was young. — Mary Garden

Stop driving yourself - and everyone else - crazy thinking about how to make yourself successful. Start thinking about how you're going to make everyone around you successful. — Keith Ferrazzi

Oh the wonders of being married. Put a gun in one hand and a woman in the other, I'm never sure who's going to kill me first. — Michael W. Grimard

An electron accelerated to .9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 9999999999999 times the speed of light would hit you with the same impact as a Mack truck traveling at normal speed. — Lawrence M. Krauss

The devil says I'm out, but the Lord says I'm safe. — Billy Sunday