3mtm Littmann Quotes & Sayings

Romances, in general are calculated rather to fire the imagination than to inform the judgment. — Samuel Richardson

Economies are complex beasts that need people to do an extraordinary range of tasks. — Geoff Mulgan

Once Christianity became acceptable, and even mandatory, it lost the early poverty of spirit which sustained it when any group gathered together for bread and wine in his Name had to have one ear open for the knock on the door. But don't we ever have opportunities for poverty of spirit, we middle-class, comfortable Americans? We do, though what is asked of us is not as spectacular or as dangerous as what was asked of the first Christians. But it is our response to the small things which conditions our response to the large. If I am unable to be poor in spirit in the small tests, I will be equally unable in the great. There — Madeleine L'Engle

But I want to be better than the lessons they taught me. I want my love to be greater that my hate, my mercy to be stronger than my vengeance. — Amy Engel

The White House and the media need one another in order to be successful in their jobs. The White House depends on the media to make its case to the public; the media need the White House to fill their airtime and news columns. — Eric Alterman

Increasingly agitated, he tried to shout, but the only sound to come out of his mouth was a hoarse whisper, too small to be heard outside the room. The look on his face was heartrending to see, as he realized the futility of his strangled efforts. — Sherwin B. Nuland

I highly doubt anyone would see anything," he said, replying to my thoughts. "We're on the 30th floor. Stop procrastinating; take off your fucking clothes. — Lilly Wilde

In New York, we have laws against defrauding the public, defrauding consumers, defrauding shareholders. — Eric Schneiderman

I like a book. I like to read for four hours at a stretch. I think very few are the young people who are even capable of reading for four hours at a stretch, because it's such a bizarre thing for them to do. I am mourning this. — Lee Smith

When cellphones came out, my girlfriend refused to get one for five years, because she thought it would turn her into somebody who couldn't connect with other people - and, of course, she got a cellphone. — Jesse Eisenberg

When black America is on the move, America is on the move. — Cornel West

Had I been in some kind of psychotic haze all morning? Was I in one now? — Ransom Riggs

I believe in my heart I'm the best player in the world. I'm just a scorer. I try to put the ball in the basket for my team. I'm just confident in my ability to play ball. — Allen Iverson

Boys do what they can; men do what they want — Project Pat

The metaphor is perhaps the most fruitful power of man. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him. — Jose Ortega Y Gasset