Boenke Speakers Quotes & Sayings

I believe that almost all politicians are honest. For every bribed alderman there are hundreds of politicians, low paid or not paid at all, doing their level best without thanks or glory to make our system work. If this were not true, we would never have gotten past the thirteen colonies. — Robert A. Heinlein

I think it's important if you're American to have a second language, and Spanish is the language to have. — Thalia

If you go into a relationship when you're 16, you've got no baggage. — Daphne Guinness

A merry companion is as good as a wagon. — John Lyly

In the past I've made movies that were pretty universally liked. You can't really hate them. You can discard them, but you can't really hate them. — Ang Lee

Before I decided to concentrate on writing, I drew pictures and painted, and made Super 8 experimental movies. I was the singer in three rock bands, and I wrote and staged and acted in plays for kids in my neighborhood. So I was kind of all over the place in my interests and far-flung in terms of where my creativity wanted to end up. — Dennis Cooper

I spent a lot of time between bars like this. — Tammy Duckworth

What happens when you broadcast the truth is you piss everyone off! — Milton William Cooper

I see negotiations as an honest attempt to reach a deal that's great for everyone at the table. But sometimes, for whatever reason, that's impossible. You need to accept that possibility-don't make a deal for the sake of making a deal. If you do, chances are it will fall apart later anyway, with costs and headaches for everyone involved. And once you walk away, don't come back. — Kevin O'Leary

And if wishes were pies, I'd weigh more than I do.
Sir Myles of Barony Olau — Tamora Pierce

I want to hold onto this funny thing. God, it's gotten big on me. I don't know what it is. I'm so damned unhappy, I'm so mad, and I don't know why. I feel like I'm putting on weight. I feel fat. I feel like I'm saving a lot of things, and I don't know what. I might even start reading books. — Ray Bradbury

Back in my younger years, I read an average of a book a day. That was when I was going to school full time and working a job after school 30 hours or more a week. — James A. Moore

If I die, what a beautiful death. — Philippe Petit

You have to understand that PTSD has to be an event that you experience, a very traumatic event. And actually, there is evidence that brain chemistry changes during this event in certain individuals where it's imprinted indelibly forever and there's an emotion associated with this which triggers the condition. — Dale Archer