Cadent Inc Quotes & Sayings

Well, I think I laid down my sunshade first,'said Mrs. Twining reflectively. 'Ah, that doesn't interest you. I told Finch that I wanted to tidy my hair (a euphemism for "powder my nose", of course), and would show myself out on to the terrace.'
'And you did in fact powder your nose, Mrs. Twining, at the mirror over the fireplace?'
'Most thoroughly,' she agreed.
'How long did that take you?'
She looked rather amused. 'When a woman powders her nose, Inspector, she loses count of time. My own estimate would be a moment or two; almost any man, I feel, would probably say, ages.'
'Were you as long, perhaps, as five minutes?'
'I hope not. Let us say three - without prejudice. — Georgette Heyer

We've got to stop focusing solely on the symptoms of crime, and start caring about the causes as well. — Carrie P. Meek

Hear, nature, hear; dear goddess, hear!
Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend
To make this creature fruitful!
Into her womb convey sterility!
Dry up in her the organs of increase;
And from her derogate body never spring
A babe to honour her! If she must teem,
Create her child of spleen; that it may live,
And be a thwart disnatured torment to her!
Let it stamp wrinkles in her brow of youth;
With cadent tears fret channels in her cheeks;
Turn all her mother's pains and benefits
To laughter and contempt; that she may feel
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
To have a thankless child! Away, away! — William Shakespeare

Some people are like fragile petals, and they don't recover from hardship. Do we blame the petal? Or do we excuse its fragility and mourn its loss? — Aleksandra Layland

Once someone asked me three words that best describe me and I said 'Loud, Louder, and Loudest'! — Anastacia

I never want to stay. I'm always ready to leave. — David Levithan

You would rather face a life without me than to have me choose a life I would not choose for myself. — John Scalzi

I smile. I smile all the time, but you're just not around to see it these days. — Sarra Manning

People can put their best poems straight onto the web. — Roger McGough

He who neglects the present moment throws away all he has. — Friedrich Schiller

Markets are frequently ahead of, and often out of sync with, the economy. — Barry Ritholtz