"When I think of the happiness that is in store for me, every sorrow, every pain becomes dear to me."

-- Francis of Assisi

#Pain Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“The difference between the best worker on computer hardware and the average may be 2 to 1, if you're lucky. With automobiles, maybe 2 to 1. But in software, it's at least 25 to 1. The difference between the average programmer and a great one is at least that. The secret of my success is that we have gone to exceptional lengths to hire the best people in the world. And when you're in a field where the dynamic range is 25 to 1, boy, does it pay off.”
“Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books.”

Source : A. Whitney Brown (1991). “The Big Picture: An American Commentary”, Harper Perennial
“As we rise to meet the challenges that are a natural part of living, we awaken to our many undiscovered gifts, to our inner power and our purpose.”
“I add, that those who are bent on restoring the whole church ought to be well instructed in the word, and to abstain from doing anything under the pretext of simplicity.”
“I think for a minute. Watching my wife fade into the distance, I put a hand on my heart. "Dead." I wave a hand toward my wife. "Dead." My eyes drift toward the sky and lose their focus. "Want it...to hurt. But...doesn't." Julie looks at me like she's waiting for more, and I wonder if I've expressed anything at all with my halting, mumbled soliloquy. Are my words ever actually audible, or do they just echo in my head while people stare at me, waiting? I want to change my punctuation. I long for exclamation marks, but I'm drowning in ellipses.”
“You would not believe how loose this car is for two laps after the green. Then, just like that, it's back to how it was before. But, those first few laps, damn, it's loose! JUNIOR NO LIKEY!”
“I'm a prodigal son. The black sheep of a white flock. I shall die on the gallows.”

Source : "Fictional character: Baron Felix von Geigern". "Grand Hotel", www.imdb.com. 1932.
“Octoberâ€” You were sleeping so peacefully that I was loath to wake you. Duke Torquill, after demanding to know what I was doing in your apartment, has requested that I inform you of his intent to visit after â€˜tending to some business at the Queenâ€™s Court.â€™ I recommend wearing something clinging, as that may distract him from whatever he wishes to lecture you about this time. Hopefully, itâ€™s your manners. You are truly endearing when you sleep. I attribute this to the exotic nature of seeing you in a state of silence. â€”Tybalt”

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