9000 Games Quotes & Sayings

Self-defense is not just a set of techniques; it's a state of mind, and it begins with the belief that you are worth defending. — Rorion Gracie

Nobody likes me," he concluded at the tail end of a ten-minute pity fest.
"Can't imagine why," Quinn murmured. I turned my snort of laughter into a fake cough,
which was an embarrassingly feeble attempt at subterfuge when you consider the fact that
I didn't have any lungs. — Robin Wasserman

Ernest Hemingway did a great deal toward making the writer an acceptable public figure; obviously, he was no sissy. — Irwin Shaw

Where the hell was she? Grant knew he'd go mad if he asked himself the question one more time.
Where the hell was she?
From the lookout deck of his lighthouse he could see for miles. But he couldn't see Gennie.The wind slapped at his face as he stared out to sea and wondered what in God's name he was going to do.
Forget her? He might occasionally forget to eat or to sleep,but he couldn't forget Gennie. Unfortunately, his memory was just as clear on the last ten minutes they had been together. How could he have been such a fool! Oh,it was easy,Grant thought in disgust.He'd had lots of practice. — Nora Roberts

I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. — Michael Jordan

Away with the flat of her — Jojo Moyes

You're a coward if you don't stand up. Not for you, but for women. Say something. — Bjork

Just then a bullet zips between us. That gets my pants off pretty quick. — Sam A. Patel

There is no faithfulness in bad faith and no fealty in falsity. — Anyaele Sam Chiyson

My work should be judged as it enters the ears and heads of listeners, not as it is described to the eyes of readers. — Arnold Schoenberg

I worked at the White House in the early Reagan administration at a time when the deficit rocket really started to take off. — Christopher Buckley

But, like peace, comfort didn't come from hiding away or running away. Comfort first demanded courage. — Louise Penny