Bespotted Savannahs Quotes & Sayings

I have always felt that perhaps women have sometimes almost embraced the same values as men, and the same character as men, because they are in the men's world, and they are trying to fit into a system that men have created. And maybe in truth when there is a critical mass of women who play that role in governments, then we will see whether women can really manage power in a way that is less destructive than the way that men have used power. — Wangari Maathai

The crowd cleared a path for them. They returned to their horses and mounted.
"See?" Roshar said, "wasn't that fun?"
Arin looked ready to shove the prince off his horse. — Marie Rutkoski

If I could wish for one thing, it would be that I could always feel this way, completely and blissfully consumed by someone else. — Jessica Sorensen

Hide your intentions not by closing up (with the risk of appearing secretive, and making people suspicious) but by talking endlessly about your desires and goals-just not the real ones. — Robert Greene

There's only one person who hugs the mothers and the widows, the wives and the kids upon the death of their loved one. Others hug but having committed the troops, I've got an additional responsibility to hug and that's me and I know what it's like. — George W. Bush

Virtual worlds are places of imagination that encompass practices of play, performance, creativity and ritual. — Tom Boellstorff

[A]ll of life, as we know it, moves in little, unavailing circles. More justly than to anything else, it can be likened to the game of baseball. Crack! we hit the ball, and away we go. If we earn a run (in life we call it success) we get back to the home plate and sit upon a bench. If we are thrown out, we walk back to the home plate
and sit upon a bench. — O. Henry

You shouldn't underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to overestimate him. — George S. Patton

When I created Chipotle in 1993, I had a very simple idea: Offer a simple menu of great food prepared fresh each day, using many of the same cooking techniques as gourmet restaurants. Then serve the food quickly, in a cool atmosphere. It was food that I wanted, and thought others would like too. We've never strayed from that original idea. The critics raved and customers began lining up at my tiny burrito joint. Since then, we've opened a few more. — Steve Ells