Beau Geste Book Quotes & Sayings

Our experience tends to confirm a long-held notion that being prepared, on a few occasions in a lifetime, to act promptly in scale, in doing some simple and logical thing, will often dramatically improve the financial results of that lifetime. — Charlie Munger

Growing up, I was in all the musicals and everything ... I'd come home from school and bash out a few Whitney Houston songs. — Mallory Jansen

Useless labor, that I feared would stay in my mind, extending into me, into everything. On the occasion of both funerals I made plans ahead of time to visit Pasquale. In those years I did that whenever I could. In prison he had studied a lot, had received his high school diploma, and, recently, a — Elena Ferrante

To spank or not to spank isn't the question the question is whether whether we are teaching a quality we want our kids to have as adults? — Bill Crawford

Addie was the greatest joy of Celia's life. Not a burden. Not a tragedy. A gift. A gift that God had perhaps insisted on giving her even when, in fear, she'd asked for the opposite. — Becky Wade

Hermes rolled his eyes. "Surely you've seen network TV lately. It's clear they don't know whether they're coming or going. That's because Janus is in charge of programming. He loves ordering new shows and cancelling them after two episodes. God of beginnings and endings, after all. Anyway, I was bringing him some magic doormats, and I was double-parked-"
"You have to worry about double-parking?"
"Will you let me tell the story?"
"Sorry. — Rick Riordan

We're changing ourselves to fit the world instead of changing the world to fit women. — Gloria Steinem

I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good. — Adam Smith

I always say that bad women are fewer than men, but when you get one, they're fascinating because they're so rotten. — Ann Rule