Presiding Officer Quotes

#1. We further decree that the Senate of the United States elect a prominent Democrat as their presiding officer, to act as President until the next election, and to reconstruct the Cabinet according to our wishes hereafter to be declared.

Joshua A. Norton

#2. In many ways, I'm incredibly lucky to have been born with my impairment and that it's visible. It means my path has been predictable.

Stella Young

#3. The gods have their own rules.

Ovid

#4. Whenever I start feeling too arrogant about myself, I always take a trip to the U.S. The immigration guys kick the star out of my stardom.

Shah Rukh Khan

#5. Start-ups make so many mistakes that the challenge to identify the root cause of a failure is tough. But believing in your own plan is probably the worst.

Eric Ries

#6. The godswife thought her a child, but children grow, and children learn.

George R R Martin

#7. And gears," said Anathema. "My bike didn't have gears. I'm sure my bike didn't have gears."
Crowley leaned over to the angel. "Oh lord, heal this bike," he whispered sarcastically.
"I'm sorry, I just got carried away," hissed Aziraphale.

Terry Pratchett

#8. Our tendency is to be interested in something that is growing in the garden, not in the bare soil itself. But if you want to have a good harvest, the most important thing is to make the soil rich and cultivate it well.

Shunryu Suzuki

#9. A person whom lacks self-discipline leaks energy chasing naked ambitions.

Kilroy J. Oldster

#10. My favorite workouts are the ones that don't feel like I'm working out! So, dance is a big one. Another is any kind of isolated moves, like ballet moves. Anything that works the glutes and legs - sign me up! And I like to blast the music. I have to get lost in the music. That helps.

Sarah Shahi

#11. I feel very free and very happy to be a composer.

Esa-Pekka Salonen

#12. To find everything profound - that is an inconvenient trait. It makes one strain one's eyes all the time, and in the end one finds more than one might have wished.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#13. The traditional manner of taking psilocybin is to take a very healthy dose, in the vicinity of 15 mg. on an empty stomach in total darkness.

Terence McKenna

#14. Neither is it safe to count upon the weakness of any man's understanding, who is thoroughly possessed of the spirit of revenge to sharpen his invention.

Jonathan Swift

#15. Unfortunately, if you're going to say anything that's in your head, you're going to get some kickback.

Amy Heckerling

#16. Impossible means nothing to me. It's an illusion designed to weed out the weak from the strong.

Stephanie Rowe