Frederick Buechner Quotes

Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is the knowledge that there can never really be any peace and joy for me until there is peace and joy finally for you too.

Frederick Buechner

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LiveKnowledgeCompassionPeaceJoy

There is nothing wrong where we reach a point where maybe everybody could claim a victory. I think it would be good for the American people, which should be our first priority.

John Breaux

GoodPeopleVictoryThinkAmerican

I left 'Wired' before it was sold to Conde Nast and Lycos, so I didn't experience that transition.

John Battelle

ExperienceTransitionLeftWired

My mom has this great skiing event in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, every year for a local charity.

Joely Fisher

GreatMomSkiingCharityYearEvent

I told my mom I went gold, and she didn't know what that meant, and I was immediately humbled.

Andy Mineo

MomGoldKnowSheHumbledMeant

The world can't have a global solution to climate change with U.S. action alone; and the world can't have a global solution without U.S. action.

Michael Franti

ChangeAloneWorldActionSolution

The industries that fall first are the industries that either produce electromechanical items that are now inferior to their software substitutes, or the industries that produce a mechanically created service that's now inferior.

Michael J. Saylor

ServiceFallNowSoftwareFirst

All-in-one dishes are among my favourites. I'm very much in favour of using the oven as much as possible - for casseroles, roasts and other one-pot meals - rather than the hob, where dishes need much more attention.

Mary Berry

AttentionPossibleMoreNeedMeals

We're dealing with an enemy now, ISIS, that has a very sophisticated social media program.

Michael McCaul

Social MediaMediaEnemyNowSocial

If you acknowledge that filming is an occasion where people express things they might not otherwise express, that offers a much more insightful analysis of why documentaries - even of the fly-on-the-wall variety - are powerful.

Joshua Oppenheimer

PeopleYouPowerfulWhyAnalysis

I read and write for most of the day, but I do let myself be interrupted by real life. I enjoy going out with friends and try not to take myself too seriously.

William T. Vollmann

LifeMyselfDayFriendsEnjoyTry

I don't like talking unnecessarily, and my communication skills are zilch. I just can't converse with people. Maybe it's because of my stuttering or stammering, but I'm not confident of talking with people. I only talk to very close friends and family.

Pritam Chakraborty

FamilyCommunicationPeopleConfident

At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.

Peter Ustinov

AgeGrowHatsNeverOutUs

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