Raphael Inn Quotes

#1. A President has a great chance; his position is almost that of a king and a prime minister rolled into one. Once he has left office he cannot do very much; and he is a fool if he fails to realize it all and to be profoundly thankful for having had the great chance.

Theodore Roosevelt

#2. It's confidence; it has to be something good about getting old. One of the things is that you just don't stress about some stuff that made you so worried.

Garrison Keillor

#3. You'd be surprised how easy some things can be, things you never thought you'd do, when you take self-respect out of the equation.

Sarah Addison Allen

#4. Are you thankful for not being young?'
'Yes, sir. If I was young, it would all have to be gone through again, and the end would be a weary way off, don't you see? ...

Charles Dickens

#5. Reading a text is more like tracing this process of constant flickering than it is like counting the beads on a necklace.

Terry Eagleton

#6. If you can justify killing to eat meat, you can justify the conditions of the ghetto. I cannot justify either one.

Dick Gregory

#7. When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.

W. Edwards Deming

#8. The soul exceeds its circumstances.

Czeslaw Milosz

#9. I am the face of a refugee. I was once a refugee. I was with my family in exile.

Iman

#10. I don't consider weed to be any worse than having a beer.

James Franco

#11. It may seem like I'm overlooking a technical detail or a spec change, but at the end of the day I'm mostly going to be talking about the final result, with a few exceptions.

Marques Brownlee

#12. I'm hungry for a juicy life. I lean out my window at night and I can taste it out there, just waiting for me.

Brigid Lowry