Finnish Language Quotes

#1. They have a word in Finnish called sisu, which basically means guts. It's the strongest word in the Finnish language. You tell a Finn he doesn't have sisu, that's like spitting in his face.

Arthur Lydiard

#2. Nothing speaks like results. If you want to build the kind of credibility that connects with people, then deliver results before you deliver a message. Get out and do what you advise others to do. Communicate from experience.

John C. Maxwell

#3. Finnish is not a language, it is a way of setting at the end of the bench with your fur cap pulled over your ears.

Paavo Haavikko

#4. Bring it on, Pinecone Face!

Rick Riordan

#5. When I am talking about "It Takes a Village", I'm obviously not talking just about or even primarily about geographical villages any longer, but about the network of relationships and values that do connect us and binds us together.

Hillary Clinton

#6. Lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas (technical warrant officer trainee specialised in aircraft jet engines)

Tarja Moles

#7. It [discovering Finnish] was like discovering a wine-cellar filled with bottles of amazing wine of a kind and flavour never tasted before. It quite intoxicated me.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#8. They're pretty good at building stuff," her sister said. "Like bridges and roads. I mean, could you even build a hut? Your basic mud hut?" "I could build a hut," said Cecilia. "You probably could," groaned Bridget,

Liane Moriarty

#9. From the Distance You only See My Light; Come closer and You will Know that I Am You.

Rumi

#10. Beware! Guard against every kind of greed. Life is not measured by how much you own.

Anonymous

#11. My favorite thing is being able to follow my inspiration, and the freedom of being a writer is hard to beat.

Mike White

#12. What can I say, I'm a sucker for abandoned stuff, misplaced stuff, forgotten stuff, any old stuff which despite the light of progress and all that, still vanishes every day like shadows at noon, goings unheralded, passings unourned, well, you get the drift.

Mark Z. Danielewski

#13. If I am frightened then I can hide it
If I am crying, I'll call it laughter
If I am haunted, I'll call it my imaginary friend
If I am bleeding I'll call it wine
But if you leave me then I am broken
And if I'm broken then only death remains

Elvis Costello

#14. I had to make a drastic change at Sun Records and I didn't really appreciate country music until I went there.

Charlie Rich

#15. People always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them

Jane Austen

#16. What's gotten into you?" he wondered, blinking in sudden frustration.
"Not you, that's for a certainty.

Matt Tomerlin