Steelman Library Quotes

#1. Man can think of divine things only in his own human way, to us the Absolute can be expressed only in our relative language.

Swami Vivekananda

#2. More generally, I made an effort to leave out things that weren't relevant to the main narrative themes of the book, namely that there were two sides to Steve Jobs: the romantic, poetic, countercultural rebel on one side, and the serious businessperson on the other.

Walter Isaacson

#3. Affirmative action is about fairness, for redressing widespread unfairness. Conservatives

George Lakoff

#4. Thus we live, forever taking leave.

Rainer Maria Rilke

#5. God will give you strength. He can give you the strength to walk away from anything bad, no matter how trapped you feel.

Karen Kingsbury

#6. We boarded the plane after boxing our stakes and knives and taking them to a FedEx carrier, airport security being so strict nowadays. In the section marked 'contents', Bones filled out 'Tofu'. God, but he had a sick sense of humor sometimes.

Jeaniene Frost

#7. When appearance and reality coincide, philosophy and literary criticism find themselves with nothing to say.

Mason Cooley

#8. To be an American and unable to play baseball is comparable to being a Polynesian and unable to swim.

John Cheever