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Quotes About Attitude

Failure is not something that happens to us or a label we attach to things. It is a way we think about outcomes.
~ John Ortberg Jr.
Now, with the Transparency Act, the government has set out to reveal wrongdoing by chiefs, not the Department. There is nothing wrong with the act except the context, the attitude and the political purpose.
~ John Ralston Saul
The] passive assertion of superstitious men waiting for Destiny to fell them . . . is an attitude that most sensible men and women can easily reject. But rejection means assuming responsibility. And in our elites there is no desire to initiate changes which would insert the concept of responsibility into that of power. Only a persistent public commitment by the citizenry could bring such a thing about.
~ John Ralston Saul
Never ever say: It couldn't be worse.
~ John Ringo
I'd be more impressed with a woman's mind if it jiggled pleasantly when she walked.
~ John Ringo
how's it hanging? One lower than the other
~ John Ringo
Saya yakin ujian pertama bagi orang besar adalah kerendahan hati.
~ John Ruskin
Some people would say bullshit is the grease that gets people through life," Weather said. "Other people," Letty said. "Not me.
~ John Sandford
I mean, the guy could fall in a barrel of titties and come out suckin' his thumb.
~ John Sandford
lost a tire. He didn't take the time to worry
~ John Sandford
the guy could fall in a barrel of titties and come out suckin' his thumb.
~ John Sandford
The universe isn't going to be conquered by legions of geriatrics. No offense.
~ John Scalzi
I don't look smug." "You always look smug. You have resting smug face.
~ John Scalzi
She was old and crankily conservative in the way only old liberals could be.
~ John Scalzi
You strike me as a 'glass half-empty' kind of guy, sir," he said. "I'm a 'the glass is half-empty and filled with poison' kind of guy, actually," Wilson said.
~ John Scalzi
Stop whining like a fucking child." "You could have just said, 'I need your help.'" "All right. I need your help. Stop whining like a fucking child." "That's not better.
~ John Scalzi
My Schadenfreude phaser is set to Meh.
~ John Scalzi
I strongly suggest not trying that attitude with the crew, either." "Why? Because it would be mean?" "No, because they'll break a butter knife off in your neck.
~ John Scalzi
Nice is nice," Hayter-Ross said. "But being a bitch gets results.
~ John Scalzi
I understand you knew Nadashe Nohamapetan personally." "I did," Kiva said. "What did you think of her?" "She's a raging jar of crotch sweat." "Seems accurate.
~ John Scalzi
She said that we could all fuck ourselves with a rented dick. The same rented dick." "That's my mom," Kiva said.
~ John Scalzi
It's not too bad. I'll live." "Can you walk?" Sagan asked. "As long as I'm not required to like it
~ John Scalzi
I'm a 'the glass is half-empty and filled with poison' kind of guy, actually," Wilson said.
~ John Scalzi
She shrugged. "I don't mind getting old." "I didn't mind getting old when I was young, either," I said. "It's the being old now that's getting to me." Her
~ John Scalzi