Beyond Fifty 19803 Quotes & Sayings

Most grandiose gestures are suspect - the couple who renew their vows just before divorce or the politician who publicly swears he's clean, then enters rehab. Building — Chris Offutt

Haters and doubters got me here, but supporters keep me here. — Behdad Sami

There was a way in which my grandmother's true self was not these guests' business; no one's true self was the business of more than a very small number of family members or close friends. — Curtis Sittenfeld

We need to meet and flesh out the details of our ... you know ... whatever. I don't know what to call it. Our contract."
"I was thinking the same thing. But can we call it our epic summer romance? Contract sounds so stuffy." He smiles again. — Anne Eliot

So it was doing all this research or going to the archives or doing all these interviews or traveling, and then trying as much as I can to delete all of that research in a later draft so that all the reader cares about is the characters. — Molly Antopol

The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths to it are not found but made. — John Schaar

Anyone who wants to sell you overnight success or wealth is not interested in your success; they are interested in your money. — Bo Bennett

We can't score goals, we can't stop goals, we aren't hitting, we can't play on special teams ... we all stink. We can try to improve but to do so we will need to make trades. And who would want our players that are underachieving? — Ted Leonsis

I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong. — Russell Lynes

This is all you need in life: a computer, a camera, and a cat. — Agnes Varda

President Clinton was often known as the first black president. I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be the second. — John F. Kerry