Longhitanos Quotes

#1. God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong, and God chose the lowly and despised of the world, those who count for nothing, to reduce to nothing those who are something.

Anonymous

#2. Everywhere I am the object of an unbelievable esteem, the interest in me is, quite simply, tremendous.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

#3. Daily life provides countless occasions for adapting to change and impermanence. Yet we squander these precious opportunities, assuming that we have all the time in the world.

Yongey Mingyur

#4. If you record the world honestly, there's no way people can stop being funny. A lot of fiction writing doesn't get that idea, as if to acknowledge it would trivialize the story or trivialize human nature, when in fact human nature is reduced and falsified if the comic aspects are not included.

Lorrie Moore

#5. Piensa el sentimiento, siente el pensamiento."
(roughly translated, "Think about the emotional and feel the intellectual")

Miguel De Unamuno

#6. If you run a business, 80% of your business probably comes from 20% of your customers. If you are a creative person, 80% of your awards/recognition/income will come from 20% of your output.

David Hieatt

#7. Perhaps the greatest neutralizer of sadness rests with two simple words : thank you.

Charles F. Glassman