Demerit System Quotes

#1. If we want know the meaning of existence, we must open a book: over there, in the darkest chapter, there's a sentence written especially for us.

Pietro Citati

#2. Positive reinforcement generates more behavior than is minimally required. We call this discretionary effort, and its presence in the workplace is the only way an organization can maximize performance.

Aubrey Daniels

#3. Suddenly I've got an overwhelming desire to surround myself with the aura of classical and Romantic art.

Sylvester Stallone

#4. I don't care how the sin ledger stands. There seem to be a number of artificial standards of good and evil that don't really relate to true merit or demerit. Maybe the official system of classification has failed to keep up with the changing nature of our society.

Piers Anthony

#5. For me, that's one of the best validations as an artist. To have a stranger come up to you and say that something you've created and put out there in the world has had some sort of impact on other people's lives.

Sarah McLachlan

#6. This is love, I think. A place where people who have been alone may lock together like hawks and spin in the air, dizzy with surprise at the connection. A place you go willingly, and with wonder

Jodi Picoult

#7. The immortal story of the White Wolf, who may have been a courageous hero or a cruel villain. Depending which version of the story you've heard.

Marie Lu

#8. America ... where laws and customs alike are based on the dreams of spinsters.

Bertrand Russell

#9. You should have no fear from dying because it's there no matter what.

Abdeletif

#10. The appreciation of life does not require wealth or plenty. It requires only gratitude for the beauty of the world.

Ming-Dao Deng

#11. But Ruth was wrong, too. There was more than just one other world beyond ours; there were hundreds and hundreds of them, and at 99 cents apiece I could rent them all.

Emily M. Danforth

#12. [On golf:] ... though aware I could never be more than a humble potterer, it was impossible to repress the wild upsurgings of hope known to all middle-aged beginners ...

Ethel Smyth