West Churchman Quotes

#1. The moment you resolve to be victorious, every nerve and fiber in your being will immediately orient itself toward your success.

Daisaku Ikeda

#2. But what about your own?" he asked. "Assuming, of course, you're interested in having one?"
"I'm not. If I ever get married, I shall elope. That has now become my prime requirement in a husband. Willingness to elope.

Donna Andrews

#3. They come and go

Swami Vivekananda

#4. Stories can save us.

Tim O'Brien

#5. The drive to know fuels the desire to seek.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#6. Knowledge resides in the user and not in the collection [of information]. It is how the user reacts to a collection of information that matters.

C. West Churchman

#7. Why does everybody think I argue? I never argue." Skye hesitated. "Or at least, I'm not going to argue as much anymore."
"That would be a miracle."
Skye chose to pretend she hadn't heard.

Jeanne Birdsall

#8. We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them.

C. West Churchman

#9. Yes, of course we could all use some help. There isn't a person alive without a need. So don't ask the silly question, just figure out how you're going to help and do it!

Richelle E. Goodrich

#10. It's always wise to raise questions about the most obvious and simple assumption

C. West Churchman

#11. Unto us Saviour is born at Christmas.
The love and light of the World.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#12. It was ironic; he held her captive, yet she'd captivated him.

Jeaniene Frost

#13. The measure of our intellectual capacity is the capacity to feel less and less satisfied with our answers to better and better problems.

C. West Churchman

#14. People like change in general, but not in particular.

William J. Clinton

#15. Music can shoot through the musician like lightening through the sky if that music is unobstructed by thoughts.

Kenny Werner