Bebidor Quotes & Sayings

Know what makes a sentence more than a random list, practice constructing sentences and explaining what you have done, and you will know how to make sentences forever and you will know too when what you are writing doesn't make the grade because it has degenerated into a mere pile of discrete items. — Stanley Fish

Patience is the only way you can endure the gray periods. — Teri Hatcher

In some ways Lester Young is the most complex rhythmically of any musician. He does some things which are just phenomenal. — Lee Konitz

A demon was asking me what I wanted.
My eyes flicked to Al, and he shrugged. "What do you want?" he said softly. — Kim Harrison

I'm thankful for some of bad experiences I've had. They helped me with the way I view people and see them for who they really are. — Blake Griffin

Powerful men who have powerful passions use much of their strength in forging chains for themselves. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

We can never put enough distance between ourselves and what we love. To think that God is, is still to think of him as present; this is a thought according to our measure, destined only to console us. It is much more fitting to think that God is not, just as we must love him purely enough that we could be indifferent to the fact that he should not be. It is for this reason that the atheist is closer to God than the believer. — Maurice Blanchot

As a flower that is lovely and beautiful, but is scentless, even so fruitless is the well-spoken word of one who practices it not. — Gautama Buddha

Never tickle a sleeping dragon. — J.K. Rowling

I definitely have a Fisher voice. — Joely Fisher

You youngsters nowadays think you're to begin with living well and working easy; you've no notion of running afoot before you get on horseback. — George Eliot

Retailing is a unique destination. What you need is stronger critical mass. — John Simon

Did you ever want to set someone's head on fire, just to see what it looked like? Did you ever stand in the street and think to yourself, I could make that nun go blind just by giving her a kiss? Did you ever lay out plans for stitching babies and stray cats into a Perfect New Human? Did you ever stand naked surrounded by people who want your gleaming sperm, squirting frankincense, soma and testosterone from every pore? If so, then you're the bastard who stole my drugs Friday night. And I'll find you. Oh, yes. — Warren Ellis

Shareholders share in the downside and not necessarily in the upside; that's the whole story. — John Gutfreund

You know what - gyms make the largest chunk of their profit from clients who pay their monthly dues on auto-pay but never bother to show up and use the gym. The DVD-rental companies make a good chunk of their profits from late fees; the credit-card companies make a fortune on sundry fines and penalties; the airlines' margins are highest on ticket changes and cancellations ... So, the key to running a successful business in America is to sign up a customer and pray he'll somehow screw up ... — Ali Sheikh