“Christmas always sucked when I was a kid because I believed in Santa Claus. Unfortunately, so did my parents. So I never got anything.” KidsParentSantaSanta Claus Author:Charlie Viracola
“When people say that German or any other language is romantic... all they really mean is that they've enjoyed a past in the language” PeopleMeanPastLanguageEnjoyedReally Mean Author:John Irving
“I try never to get too high when things are going well. I try never to get too low when things are going poorly. I try to keep an even keel.” TryingWellsMotivationLowsKeel Author:Barack Obama
“When death comes, it's just like winter. We don't say, "There ought not to be winter." That the winter season, when the leaves fall and the snow comes, is some kind of defeat, something which we should hold out against. No. Winter is part of the natural course of events. No winter, no summer. No cold, no heat.” LifeShouldKindDeathMotivationFallCoursesNaturalEventsColdOughtSummerSeasonsWinterDefeatSnowHeatLife DeathWinter Season Author:Alan Watts
“When students cheat on exams, it's because our school system values grades more than students value learning.” WisdomSchoolValuesEducationLearningStudentsDeceptionGradesDeceitCheatingBlack PeopleCheatExamSchool SystemGood Grades Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The time to buy stocks is consistently over time. You should never buy your investments with the idea, 'I have to get a certain return.' You should look at the best return possible and learn to live with that. But you should not try to make your investments earn what you feel you need. It doesn't work that way. The stock doesn't know you own it.” KnowsWayNeedsFeelsShouldTryingLooksIdeasWisdomCertainReturnInvestmentConsistently Author:Warren Buffett
“The flaw in our character is our insistence on separating blue-collar jobs from white-collar jobs, and encouraging one form of education over another.” CharacterWisdomJobsFormWhiteBlueFlawsCollarsSeparatingInsistenceBlue CollarWhite Collar Author:Mike Rowe
“You've got to be able to hold a lot of contradictory ideas in your mind without going nuts. I feel like to do my job right, when I walk out on stage I've got to feel like it's the most important thing in the world. Also I've got to feel like, well, it's only rock and roll. Somehow you've got to believe both of those things.” WorldFeelsMindBelieveWellsImportantIdeasWisdomAbleJobsWalksRocksStageImportant ThingsNutsRock And RollContradictory Author:Bruce Springsteen
“If someone does offer you a job, say 'yes.' You can always quit later. Then at least you'll be one of the unemployed as opposed to one of the never-employed. Nothing looks worse on a resume than nothing.” IfsLooksDoeWisdomJobsOffersQuittingEmployedUnemployedResumesYes You Can Author:Stephen Colbert