Culture Quotes

"Tam, kuris ilgai mąsto apie tai, kaip daryti gera, nelieka laiko būti geram"

"Jeigu uždarysite duris visoms klaidoms, tiesa liks už durų"

"Po tolumas ir platumas aš klaidžiojau akim, kol jas užmerkiau ir tariau: 'Tu čia esi!' " / "My eyes strayed far and wide before I shut them and said `Here art thou!' "

"O beproti, kurs mėgini save nešioti ant savų pečių! O elgeta, kuris eini prašyti išmaldos prie savų durų!" / "O Fool, try to carry thyself upon thy own shoulders! O beggar, to come beg at thy own door!"

"Mana daina nusimetė visus papuošalus. Jinai nesididžiuoja rūbais ir gražmenimis. Papuošalai sudrumstų mudviejų artumą. Jie nuo tavęs atskirtų, o jų skambėjime nuskęstų tavo kuždesiai." / "My song has put off her adornments. She has no pride of dress and decoration. Ornaments would mar our union; they would come between thee and me; their jingling would drown thy whispers."

"Mana širdis norėtų įsiliet į tavo giesmę, bet balsas neįstengia. Norėčiau prakalbėti, bet žodžiai giesmėmis netampa, ir aš vaitoju nusivylęs. Ak, Viešpatie, tu mano širdį pagavai bekraščiais savo muzikos tinklais!" / "My heart longs to join in thy song, but vainly struggles for a voice. I would speak, but speech breaks not into song, and I cry out baffled. Ah, thou hast made my heart captive in the endless meshes of thy music, my master!"

In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were real men, women were real women and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were small furry creatures from Alpha Centuri.

Life is a path that you beat while you walk it

The culture is put on as if it were armor against self-doubt, but it becomes a mental straightjacket which cleaves to the flesh and can never be removed, except through comprehensive faith in the saving work of Christ.

“I am George Bodenheimer,” he said to Jobs. “I run ESPN.” Jobs just looked at him and said nothing other than “Your phone is the dumbest f**king idea I have ever heard,” then turned and walked away.

Just because I choose to act unethically, does not mean that I don't know what the right way is

The Law is just like a religion. It contradicts itself, it has 50 exceptions to every rule, if you know everything about it you'll be in a better place, and it is wielded by the discretion of men of the cloth to progress their own prerogatives.

My goal is to not wake up at age 40 with the bitter realization that I have wasted my life on a job I hate because I was forced to decide on a career path in my teens.

A strong woman takes risks, takes compliments and tries not to take herself too seriously.

We don't say when because there's something about the possibility of more. More tequila, more love, more anything. More is better.

"The achievement of excellence can only occur if the organization promotes a culture of creative dissatisfaction."

"... all people yearn for certain things: ... government that is transparent and doesn't steal from the people; the freedom to live as you choose. Those are not just American ideas, they are human rights, and that is why we will support them everywhere.

Some people complain that most online conversations are shallow. I’m just afraid that most conversations are shallow.

Every day we're told that we live in the greatest country on earth. And it's always stated as an undeniable fact: Leos are born between July 23 and August 22, fitted queen-size sheets measure sixty by eighty inches, and America is the greatest country on earth. Having grown up with this in our ears, it's startling to realize that other countries have nationalistic slogans of their own, none of which are 'We're number two!

A humankind abandoned in its earlier formative stage becomes its own greatest threat to survival.