Abc Castle Quotes & Sayings

Just as rapport-building has a good reputation, explicitness applied by women in this culture has a terrible reputation. A woman who is clear and precise is viewed as cold, or a bitch, or both. A woman is expected, first and foremost, to respond to every communication from a man. And the response is expected to be one of willingness and attentiveness. It is considered attractive if she is a bit uncertain (the opposite of explicit). Women are expected to be warm and open, and in the context of approaches from male strangers, warmth lengthens the encounter, raises his expectations, increases his investment, and, at best, wastes time. At worst, it serves the man who has sinister intent by providing much of the information he will need to evaluate and then control his prospective victim. — Gavin De Becker

Why should I be worried about dying? It's not going to happen in my lifetime! — Raymond Smullyan

Achievement requires a strong will, failure, a stubborn won't. — Rand Charles

I'm not an equipment nut. I tend to use whatever's to hand. I have several cameras, of course, but I'm not emotional about any of them. — Leonard Nimoy

He who despises simplicity will shout for a simple lifebuoy when drowning in the ocean of complexity! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

you couldn't coach speed. — Paul Tremblay

I can't imagine working without and audience. — Bea Arthur

My parents are still married. They don't weigh 350 pounds; they go to the gym all the time. — Jami Attenberg

Long as there's a sun that sets, Primroses will have their glory; Long as there are violets, They will have a place in story: There's a flower that shall be mine, 'Tis the little Celandine. — William Wordsworth

When I was a young boy, growing up in Durham, North Carolina, the women in my family were truly passionate about their clothes; nothing was more beautiful to me than women dressing with the utmost, meticulous attention to accessories, shoes, handbags, hats, coats, dresses and gloves to attend Sunday church services. — Andre Leon Talley

The great book, always open and which we should make an effort to read, is that of Nature. — Antonio Gaudi