Archetypically Quotes & Sayings

With the right kind of institutions, starting with the rule of law, Burma could progress very quickly. — Aung San Suu Kyi

As to what the things were - explanations naturally varied. The common name applied to them was "those ones," or "the old ones," though other terms had a local and transient use. Perhaps the bulk of the Puritan settlers set them down bluntly as familiars of the devil, and made them a basis of awed theological speculation. — H.P. Lovecraft

Christopher flushed, gaped, and then laughed. I gave him credit for that. Lots of guys can laugh at someone else. Chistopher could laugh at himself. You see a lot less of that. — Katherine Applegate

Sometimes, the shortest path between two points is serpentine, — Christopher Benfey

Her life seemed to her a great engineering work scarcely begun. Lately more excavation than construction had occurred. She had lost a sense of her own invincibility. In that way she was no longer archetypically American. — Marge Piercy

Perfection is very difficult to achieve, and perfection was what I wanted in McDonald's. Everything else was secondary for me. — Ray Kroc