Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
#quotes #gilbert-k-chesterton #fiction #mind #reality

Good people have always been at the heart of the Virgin business, and that is largely because we have tried to keep our business small, and our management teams tight-knit. I feel that small, compact companies, are better run. That is partly because people feel more connected in small companies. ~Richard Branson
#quotes #richard-branson #business

Pay your people the least possible and you'll get from them the same. ~Malcolm Forbes
#quotes #malcolm-forbes #people

There is never any end. There are always new sounds to imagine; new feelings to get at. And always, there is the need to keep purifying these feelings and sounds so that we can really see what we have discovered in its pure state. ~John Coltrane
#quotes #john-coltrane #feelings

Anyone who is not an anarchist agrees with having a policeman at the corner of the street; but the danger at present is that of finding the policeman half-way down the chimney or even under the bed. ~Gilbert K. Chesterton
#quotes #gilbert-k-chesterton #anarchism #government

The worst moment for the atheist is when he is really thankful and has nobody to thank. ~Dante Gabriel Rossetti
#quotes #dante-gabriel #atheism #gratitude #thankfulness

I stuck my tongue out at him because I was feeling exceptional mature. ~Janet Evanovich
#quotes #janet-evanovich #naughty

Nobody who is not prepared to spoil cats will get from them the reward they are able to give to those who do spoil them. ~Compton Mackenzie
#quotes #compton-mackenzie #cat

I believe, as followers of Christ, we are commanded to reach out to the least of these in the name of Jesus and show them they matter a great deal to God, who sacrificed His only Son to reach them with His love. ~K.P. Yohannan
#quotes #k-p-yohannan #christianity #jesus

You don't run out on people; you run out on yourself. ~Truman Capote
#quotes #truman-capote #people

The best thing a girl can be is a good wife and mother. It is a girl's highest calling. I hope I am ready. ~Nancy E. Turner
#quotes #nancy-e-turner #women #marriage #mother

Without consciousness, space and time are nothing. ~Robert Lanza
#quotes #robert-lanza #conscious #time #space

Visits always give pleasure, if not the arrival, the departure. ~Portuguese Proverb
#proverbs #portuguese-proverbs #guests

Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country. ~Richard Lugar
#quotes #richard-lugar #energy

The key to community is the acceptance, in fact the celebration of our individual and cultural differences. It is also the key to world peace. ~M. Scott Peck
#quotes #m-scott-peck #community #acceptance #world #peace

Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune. ~Giuseppe Garibaldi
#quotes #giuseppe-garibaldi #alcohol

I've seen looting around the world and thought I knew the best looters in the world. The Iraqis excel at that. ~David Kay
#quotes #david-kay #iraq

My hope is that we continue to nurture the places that we love, but that we also look outside our immediate worlds. ~Annie Leibovitz
#quotes #annie-leibovitz #love #hope #world

But that's typical of me. "This is going to end in tears," I tell myself every time I balance a cup of coffee on the upholstered arm of the chair I'm sitting on. And then, lo and behold, the cup topples and even before it lands, I tell myself, "Told me so!" Not to spell out, or spill out, one of the metaphors of my life, but I always do the stupid thing and then I do it again. I never learn. ~Patricia Marx
#quotes #patricia-marx #weeping #stupidity

The scheme of a game is played on positional lines; the decision of it, as a rule, is effected by combinations. ~Richard Reti
#quotes #richard-reti #games

Adam ate the apple, and our teeth still ache. ~Hungarian Proverb
#proverbs #hungarian-proverbs #human #apple #adam-and-eve

Additionally, Smart Irrigation Month serves to recognize advances in irrigation technology and practices that produce not only more but also higher quality plants with less water. ~Jim Costa
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A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #helping

Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
#quotes #lily-dougall #wisdom

With those people, I'm very far apart, because I believe that government access to communications and stored records is valuable when done under tightly controlled conditions which protect legitimate privacy interests. ~Dorothy Denning
#quotes #dorothy-denning #government #privacy