Appointment In Samarra Quotes & Sayings

I didn't know what Facebook was, and now that I do know what it is, I have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time. — Betty White

And new conditions of existence will spring up, to which other men will grow just as accustomed, and I shall not know about them, for I shall be no more! — Leo Tolstoy

When you determine to risk a battle, reserve to yourself every possible chance of success, more particularly if you have to deal with an adversary of superior talent, for if you are beaten, even in the midst of your magazines and your communications, woe to the vanquished! — Napoleon Bonaparte

Quite ironically, the answer to ineffective philanthropy is more of it: the failure of philanthropy is its own success. The perceived necessity - even the indispensability - of a donor like the Gates Foundation grows in proportion to its own inability to achieve the unachievable: mitigating the very inequalities that its own presence might be inadvertently compounding. — Linsey McGoey

The only tastes worth having are acquired tastes. — Gilbert Adair

Growing up in the South, it was very patriarchal. When I applied to Stanford, I was told by a [male] college counselor, "You're never gonna get in, don't bother. They don't want you." I said, "I'm going to try." And I got in! But I wouldn't be the woman I am if I hadn't had that conflict to overcome. It has given me an underdog feeling all my life. — Reese Witherspoon

Being brave doesn't mean you're not scared. — Neil Gaiman

I would prefer to be in a place where I'm appreciated. — Corey Dillon

Do I make you happy, though?
I don't mean just sex, I mean, like everything?"
"You've redefined happy for me. — Carian Cole

Enthusiasm is the key not only to the achievement of great things but to the accomplishment of any thing that is worthwhile. — Samuel Goldwyn

I work during the days and have night classes on Wednesday and Thursday and live with my partner, who is in school during the days and works Wednesday through Saturday nights. Monday and Tuesday are therefore our nights, and we both get our work out of the way so we can actually spend time together. — Amelia Atwater-Rhodes