Apiland Quotes & Sayings

American audiences tend to underappreciate the British, but 240 years ago they were us: They were the most powerful nation on Earth. Their mercantile empire spanned the planet. They had the most potent and experienced army and navy the world had ever seen. — Rick Atkinson

After writing for TV for a while, I got sort of fed up with all of the cancellations and the volatility in that industry. Also, you're always writing for someone else's character and story, and I really wanted to develop my own. — Kristin Gore

They're crazy, Clary thought. Actually crazy. — Cassandra Clare

Big business learned that if you stopped fighting big government, you could profit from it by killing your smaller competitors. — Thomas E. Woods Jr.

Gypsy [Rose Lee ] was a masterful storyteller, and her memoir and by extension, the musical weren't only Gypsy's monument; they were also her chance for monumental revisionism. — Karen Abbott

My sister is my little star, and I'm excited for her and proud of her. With her, I'm protective, but also I don't want to be that sister who's really pushy and thinks they know everything and making her feel like she doesn't know what she's doing. I'm trying to be that cool older sister and not the mom, but it's hard. — Gigi Hadid

You always help out a local businessperson. — Buddy Valastro

And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes. — C.S. Lewis

The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed. — Maya Angelou

THE JOHN CARTER OF MARS COLLECTION .................. — Edgar Rice Burroughs

If you go out and watch nature closely, you will find something so joyful that it will completely fill you. — Marjolein Bastin

The first sign of whether Obama is serious about confronting the climate crisis will be revealed by how he organizes the White House. — Jeff Goodell

The young swans as big as their parents now, but still grey and it looks peculiar, like two different species swimming in a line, alike in all their movements, and no doubt they think they are the same, while everyone can see that they are not. — Per Petterson

Even the best planning is not so omniscient as to get it right the first time. — Fred Brooks

Through the experience of art, the powers of perception and transformation can be awakened, in both those who create it and those who re-perceive it. — John Paul Caponigro