Aacn Membership Quotes & Sayings

The greater the success, the closer it verges on failure. — Robert Bresson

I was her world, yes, and I was at that point we all reach where I was denying she was mine. I'd never quiet forgive myself for that. — Danny Wallace

Can anything be more grotesque and barbarous than our 'florists' bouquets,' a series of concentric rings of flowers of divers colours, bordered by maidenhair and a piece of stiff lace paper, in which stems, leaves, and even petals are brutally crushed, and the grace and individuality of each flower systematically destroyed? — Isabella Bird

Reyna had always thought of Jason Grace as the all-American boy. Thalia looked more like the girl who robbed all-American boys at knifepoint in an alley. — Rick Riordan

The Goddess spoke to all the dead. She was beloved for it. It seemed she passed on that gift to you. Oh, it taxed her immensely, but she tried to set as many to rest as she could. Sometimes it only takes one word of kindness, you know, to set a soul at ease. — Leanna Renee Hieber

One must be wary of the view that these loose and diverse coalitions represent a new form of globalized participatory democracy. The dissent industry is largely a product of the Internet revolution. Inexpensive, borderless, real-time networking provides advocacy non-governmental organizations [NGOs] with economies of scale and also of scope by linking widely disparate groups with one common theme. — Sylvia Ostry

Self-pity is, perhaps, the least becoming of all emotions, and we often indulge in it only beause we are too exhausted to resist. — Ivy Baker Priest

Jesus is not a good way to heaven, nor even the best way. He is the only way to heaven. — Steven J. Lawson

I know that ridicule may be a shield, but it is not a weapon. — Dorothy Parker

The second whiskey is always my favorite. From the third on, it no longer has any taste. It's just something to pour into your stomach. — Haruki Murakami

We are watching industries crumble, Wall Street firms disappear, unemployment spike, and unprecedented government intervention. And our designated opinion leaders want to know: Is Obama up this week? Is he down? And is his leadership style more like Bill Clinton's, or Abraham Lincoln's? — Thomas Frank

Each individual's life starts with a new rough stone waiting to be discovered by a willing Apprentice. — Stevan V. Nikolic

Mary Poppins was very vain and liked to look her best. Indeed, she was quite sure that she never looked anything else. — P.L. Travers