Balster Implement Quotes & Sayings

When I'm gigging, there's an uneasy shift when I pull a puppet out. People look at me aghast and I feel I have about 20 seconds to win them over. You even get the prejudice among other people in your own profession. — Nina Conti

In the West "yes" is "yes" and "no" is "no." But when Arabs hear the word "no" from an American they often take it as an insult. That is because Arabs don't say the word "no" directly. Very often they say "in Shaalah" when they mean "no." In dealing with Westerners, an Arab may say "yes' when they really don't mean it, and that gets them in a lot of trouble with Westerners. — Nonie Darwish

If the director of the department doesn't even know what the privacy policy is, we are in trouble. — Jackie Speier

Liberty has not only enemies which it conquers, but perfidious friends, who rob the fruits of its victories: Absolute democracy, socialism. — Lord Acton

One face is given to us by god. The other,we make ourselves — Shotaro Ishinomori

You know being relevant or coming up with something interesting, funny to say about what's current is just as hard as it might ever be depending on the serendipity of it all. — Lily Tomlin

I pulled out of making movies in about '96 or '97. — Rick Moranis

Virtually all top achievers know that to really get ahead, you've got to be willing to color outside the lines. Here's why — James Arthur Ray

My teacher, my great cello teacher Leonard Rose, was such a great cellist, and nurturing man, very patient. But I grew up not only admiring him, but obviously Casals, Rostrotovich, Jacqueline du Pre, and many others, including many of my peers and contemporaries. — Yo-Yo Ma

Do you know why people are prone to make such foolish moral decisions? Because something always whispers to us that our situations are unique: Nobody has ever felt this way before. — Andy Stanley