Defranco Family Then And Now Quotes & Sayings

The world is full of double beds And most delightful maidenheads, Which being so, there's no excuse For sodomy or self-abuse. — Hilaire Belloc

I think every discovery of the world plunges us into jubilation, a radical amazement that tears apart the veil of triviality. — Judy Cannato

You know, I might get married at 50 or 60, when it actually means something to say 'for the rest of my life.' — Diane Kruger

Like painting, most software is intended for a human audience. And so hackers, like painters, must have empathy to do really great work. — Paul Graham

World peace through nonviolent means is neither absurd nor unattainable. All other methods have failed. Thus we must begin anew. Nonviolence is a good starting point. Those of us who believe in this method can be voices of reason, sanity, and understanding amid the voices of violence, hatred, and emotion. We can very well set a mood of peace out of which a system of peace can be built. — Martin Luther King Jr.

I learned that the people who have the cards are usually the ones who talk the least and the softest; those who are bluffing tend to talk loudly and give themselves away. — Richard M. Nixon

In an enclosed space, a camel's breath can change the atmosphere of the room. Not only just the smell, they literally seem to change the atmospheric pressure. It's so disgusting. It's like they have eight stomachs each more rancid then the next and it just comes out of their mouth. — Steve Carell

Every day, while I was writing out my description of what I was going to write for the knowledge component of the triangle, I would play the scene through in my mind and try to get excited about it. I'd look for all the cool little hooks, the parts that interested me most, and focus on those since they were obviously what made the scene cool. If I couldn't find anything to get excited over, then I would change the scene, or get rid of it entirely. I decided then and there that, no matter how useful a scene might be for my plot, boring scenes had no place in my novels. — Rachel Aaron

The Surprise Attack. This is when you think someone scaring you will frighten the hiccups away. Of course, popping a paper bag behind you or clapping in your ear isn't going to cut it. No, this only works when somebody shoves you off a tall skyscraper ledge into a properly rigged-up safety net forty stories below. — Neil Pasricha

Today we are on the brink of another extraordinary revolution. The Information Age is already over and an exciting new epoch is taking its place. Remember, the key point is this: When wealth is derived from a new source - say information rather than industry - a new economic era is born. — Patricia Aburdene

A sit-down strike is just one step short of saying, "Look, instead of sitting down, we'll run this place. We don't need owners and managers." That's huge. That could be done in Detroit and in other places that are being closed down. — Noam Chomsky

A book is like a trip to a world of imagination and creativity, and those who don't read will for ever stay in the same place. — Dulce Rodrigues

A few weeks. Sure. Like a few weeks will fix the hole in my head. — Rainbow Rowell