Cikatridina Quotes & Sayings

Could be off one of your own boats, Lavette," Whittier said. "The crab I mean." Whittier was hostile, contriving his hostility in witless remarks. Dan said nothing, only thinking that if this small, pompous, foolish man, so uninformed about the essence of his own business, was a measure of the hundred tycoons who ruled the hills of San Francisco, then his own way up would be none too difficult. It came down to money; if you had money, you functioned and you could do without guts or brains; and if you had money, you saw a girl like Jean Sheldon more than once, more than by accident. — Howard Fast

When I was young in the business, I felt anything I wanted to buy personally and professionally was always too expensive. — Mickey Drexler

It's weird, I never wish anything bad upon anybody, except two or three old girlfriends. — Carrot Top

Irish poets, learn your trade,
sing whatever is well made,
scorn the sort now growing up
all out of shape from toe to top. — W.B.Yeats

It is a noble and great thing to cover the blemishes and excuse the failings of a friend; to draw a curtain before his weaknesses and to display his perfections; to bury his shortcomings in silence but to proclaim his virtues on the housetop. — Robert South

My mind may be sober, but my confidence is high! — Habeeb Akande

I don't feel any ethical dilemma when I write. In my memoir, I was able to write with candor about the two most difficult people in the world to write with candor about - mom and dad. Everything else is downhill from there. — Said Sayrafiezadeh

Always, always, always referring every goddam thing that happens right back to our lousy little egos. — J.D. Salinger