Facius Quotes

#1. A man may quarrel with himself alone; that is, by controverting his better instincts and knowledge when brought face to face with temptation.

William Ellery Channing

#2. Abbreviators do harm to knowledge and to love.

Leonardo Da Vinci

#3. There are some days where I'll eat 8,000 calories per day, on a day before a 12, 14, 18 hour swim. For a 61-year-old woman, that's a lot! And I try not to eat too much refined sugar - cookies, desserts, those sorts of things.

Diana Nyad

#4. And we lost a lot because of that, and I think this is future gymnastics to separate ages. Because kids can do it more than adult. A woman and adult woman can show more than the small kids.

Olga Korbut

#5. This was beyond a joke. This had moved beyond foolishness, slipped over the line into genuine 24 karat Jesus-Christ-I-fucked-up-bigtime territory.

Neil Gaiman

#6. I've done a lot of Broadway plays, and I'm fortunate they've all been so successful.

John Benjamin Hickey

#7. A toast... to taking a chance, because that chance taken may be the very path that leads you to your happily ever after.

Tillie Cole

#8. People will believe the crisis is over because they want to believe their world is safe.

Joelle Charbonneau

#9. Rather the pain of discipline than the pain of regret.

Bob Andrews

#10. What one knows best is ... what one has learned not from books but as a result of books, through the reflections to which they have given rise.

Nicolas Chamfort

#11. Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.

Donald Rumsfeld