Zrkadla Quotes & Sayings

The scenes in our life resemble pictures in a rough mosaic; they are ineffective from close up, and have to be viewed from a distance if they are to seem beautiful. That is why to attain something desired is to discover how vain it is; and why, though we live all our lives in expectation of better things, we often at the same time long regretfully for what is past. The present, on the other hand, is regarded as something quite temporary and serving as the only road to our goal. That is why most men discover when they look back on their life that they have been living the whole time ad interim, and are surprised to see that which they let go by so unregarded and unenjoyed was precisely their life, was precisely that in expectation of which they lived. — Arthur Schopenhauer

I think we have to notice that the business processes we use right now for thinking and planning and budgeting and strategy are all delivered on very tight agendas. — Margaret J. Wheatley

And to my lips' Bright crimson rim The passion slips, And down my slim White body drips The shining hymn ... — D.H. Lawrence

The decision to leave a company you founded and move on to a new project is never an easy one. — Ryan Holmes

Outside of interviews, I spend very little time thinking about myself. I spend time thinking about my writing and my children and other things that are pertinent. — Monica Ali

Rugby football is a game I can't claim absolutely to understand in all its niceties, if you know what I mean. I can follow the broad, general principles, of course. I mean to say, I know that the main scheme is to work the ball down the field somehow and deposit it over the line at the other end and that, in order to squalch this programme, each side is allowed to put in a certain amount of assault and battery and do things to its fellow man which, if done elsewhere, would result in 14 days without the option, coupled with some strong remarks from the Bench. — P.G. Wodehouse

Every debate in Washington is about how much to increase spending - a little or a lot. — Rand Paul

We stood two feet apart. There was a buffer of history between us, and everything else pulling us together. — Maggie Stiefvater

A guy walks into a wedding reception. He goes up to the bartender and asks, "Is this the punch line? — Various

I wish that there were more stringent laws to make guns sold anywhere that they're legal harder to get. — Rosie O'Donnell

I don't want to be thought of as wholesome. — Julie Andrews

His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest. — Thomas Campbell