"For will anyone dare to tell me that business is more entertaining than fooling among boats? He must have never seen a boat, or never seen an office, who says so."

-- Robert Louis Stevenson

#Office Quotes #Boat Quotes #Dare Quotes

“Waiting in line for something mundane is very boring. Waiting for my doctor to see me and waiting for my dentist to see me, yes, that is boring.”
“When they talk to me, people say, 'I didn't expect you to be how you are.”
“...180 million kids are engaged in the worst forms of child labour. Put it all together and it is not only morally unacceptable, but politically dangerous.”
“Watch for a wild boy of no particular clan, ready for anything, always armed. Prefers fighting to toil, drink to fighting, chasing women to booze or battle: may attempt all three concurrently.”

Source : Nelson Algren (2010). “A Walk On The Wild Side”, p.26, Canongate Books
“If you listed all the reasons for your faith, and all the things that make you cry, it would be essentially the same list.”
“It gladdens me to know that Baldrâ€™s father [Odin] makes ready the benches for a banquet. Soon we shall be drinking ale from the curved horns. The champion who comes into Odinâ€™s dwelling [Valhalla] does not lament his death. I shall not enter his hall with words of fear upon my lips. The Ã†sir will welcome me. Death comes without lamentingâ€¦ Eager am I to depart. The DÃsir summon me home, those whom Odin sends for me [Valkyries] from the halls of the Lord of Hosts. Gladly shall I drink ale in the high-seat with the Ã†sir. The days of my life are ended. I laugh as I die.”
“Clarity of mind, body and spirit is the key to creativity.”

Source : Dan Wakefield (2010). “Creating from the Spirit: A Path to Creative Power in Art and Life”, p.11, Beech River Books
“The banks don't have anything - no rights whatsoever. The banks are shareholders of SLEC, and SLEC has no rights. I am the CEO of Formula One Management and Formula One Administration, which runs the business in F1. From this point of view, I own F1.”

Source : November 23, 2004.

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