4212 Quotes & Sayings

There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein. — Sol Stein

In fact, there is no business; there are only people. Business exists only *among* people and *for* people.Seems simple enough, and it applies to every aspect of business, but not enough businesspeople seem to get it.Reading the economic forecasts and the indicators and the ratios and the rates for this or that, someone from another planet might actually believe that there really are invisible hands at work in the marketplace. — James Autry

I mean, jeez, look at this! It's still there after a whole week.
I'm scarred for life by a valentine hurled at my head. — Aya Nakahara

The concept of need is often looked upon rather unfavorably by economists, in contrast with the concept of demand. Both, however, have their own strengths and weaknesses. The need concept is criticized as being too mechanical, as denying the autonomy and individuality of the human person, and as implying that the human being is a machine which "needs" fuel in the shape of food, engine dope in the shape of medicine, and spare parts provided by the surgeon. — Kenneth E. Boulding

It was easy to speak theoretically and idealistically about politics when one is seeking power. The demands of exercising it once it is won, however, are so complex and fluid that ideological certitude is often among the first casualties of actual governing. — Jon Meacham

It is nice to have valid competition; it pushes you to do better. — Gianni Versace

wise men are remembered, they always are. — Alexander McCall Smith

What life and death may be to a turkey is not my business; but the soul of Scrooge and the body of Cratchit are my business. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

'Crash' came from personal experience. I saw things inside me from living in L.A. that made me uncomfortable. I saw horrible things in people and saw terrible things in myself. I saw a black director completely humiliated, but the three people around me just thought it was funny. 'No,' I said, 'that is selling your soul.' — Paul Haggis

I like being the girl nobody can have. — Miley Cyrus

I function as a channel from which music emerges from the chaos of noise. — Vangelis

We cannot and we will not negotiate with terrorists. We have nothing but contempt for them. To conciliate differences with these people without them changing their objectives is to condemn our Republic to ultimate strangulation and death. — Ferdinand Marcos

Part of being out there, campaigning, talking to people, is being able to read body language. — Gary Johnson

Abstruse dullness is actually a much more effective shield than is secrecy. — David Foster Wallace

Kiss the blackest part of my behind. — Kenya Moore