Veist Quotes

#1. Shared libraries are the work of the devil, the one true sign that the apocalypse is at hand.

Tom Duff

#2. I believe that the experience of childhood is irretrievable. All that remains, for any of us, is a headful of brilliant frozen moments, already dangerously distorted by the wisdoms of maturity.

Penelope Lively

#3. Thus, flexibility, as displayed by water, is a sign of life. Rigidity, its opposite, is an indicator of death.

Anthony Lawlor

#4. Psychological motivation is the desire to change relations between two points, and so psychology is the study of equations with two unbound variables. ("America: Three Audiences")

William S. Wilson

#5. If there were such a thing as an inter-city thieving contest, Ankh-Morpork would bring home the trophy and probably everyone's wallets.

Terry Pratchett

#6. My work comes first, reasons for it follow.

Andy Goldsworthy

#7. Today I will realize that I'm powerless over other people's expectations of me. I'll think about what I want and consider that how I respond to others' needs will affect the course of my life. I will own my own power and choose the course that's right for me.

Melody Beattie

#8. Life is a condition filled with ups and downs. There will be always 'if', in a life.

Santosh Kalwar

#9. More than half described Christians as literalistic, anti-intellectual, judgmental, self-righteous, and bigoted.

Marcus J. Borg

#10. Money is finite; it's limited by a number and what you can buy with it. Power has no limits if you're willing to go far enough in order to get as much of it as you can.

Beau Willimon

#11. It's tough to say no to peace, to the comfort of it. All through history, people have traded wealth, children, land, and lives to buy it.
But peace can't be bought, can it, chief, prime minister? The only ones offering to sell it always want something more. They lie.

Jim Butcher

#12. I am well in body though considerably rumpled up in spirit.

L.M. Montgomery