Valencich Staircase Quotes

#1. Unfortunately, unless the job description included a translation of the prologue of The Canterbury Tales, I was dreadfully under-qualified.

Rachel Vincent

#2. Instead of setting goals, seek defining moments. Those are the real tests, because you have to be willing to fail in a pressure situation in front of other people.

Hugh Jackman

#3. I have a BFA in illustration.

Mike Shinoda

#4. Let them storm on. In fury let them rage!
Firm is this castle, and beneath its ruins
I will be buried ere I yield to them.
- Johanna, answer me! only be mine,
And I will shield thee 'gainst a world in arms.

Friedrich Schiller

#5. Friendship is the bread of the heart.

Mary Russell Mitford

#6. I paid too much for it, but it's worth it.

Samuel Goldwyn

#7. Facts are much more malleable than prejudices.

Theodore Dalrymple

#8. Out of the clutter find Simplicity

Albert Einstein

#9. I was walking down the street with my friend and he said 'I hear music,' as though there's any other way to take it in. 'You're not special. That's how I receive it too ... I tried to taste it, but it did not work.'

Mitch Hedberg

#10. Big lots,' I said, seeing the eighty-year-old oaks and shady lawns. The houses were set way back and had iron fences and stone drives.
The harder to hear your neighbors scream, my dear,' was David's answer, and I sent my head up and down in agreement.

Kim Harrison

#11. I didn't want to be taken care of. I wanted to run away from all the men who sought dominion over me, who thought they could own me, imprison me, use me, cut me.

Amy Harmon

#12. Intelligence is not how much you know, but how you use it.

Maryann Austin

#13. Emotional Freedom is a must-read for anyone who's tired of feeling frustrated, lonely, or stopped by fear.

Deepak Chopra

#14. When you educate a girl, you kick-start a cycle of success. It makes economic sense. It makes social sense. It makes moral sense. But, it seems, it's not common sense yet.

Queen Rania Of Jordan