Demetra Plakas Quotes & Sayings

The great chastisement of a knave is not to be known, but to know himself. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn

It's Microsoft versus mankind, with Microsoft having only a slight lead. — Larry Ellison

Give me the effing phone, Strider grumbled, opening his palm and waving his fingers.
Effing? William laughed with genuine amusement. You ever realize how polite you get when you're hammered? And you know what they say. A man's true charactor is revealed when he's toasted. So you gotta face facts, man. You're a closet gentlmen. Loser!
The heck I am!
Even Paris laughed at that. — Gena Showalter

Your arms ache to hold someone
you move in slow motion from one hug to the next
so you won't jostle the warm feeling off your shoulders
before the next hug comes your way.
Your heart feels hollow
that emptiness screams like an addiction to be filled
even if it means doing hurtful, selfish things
to get a fix.
"I understand,"
I tell him. "Because
I've been lonely, too. — Sarah Tregay

There was a day when I liked writing letters
it has gone. Unfortunately the passion for getting them remains. — Virginia Woolf

Victims declare,"The world is responsible for me," and never do anything to better their quality of life. — Henry Cloud

The nearer persons come to each other, the greater is the room and the more are the occasions for courtesy; but just in proportion to their approach the gentleness of most men diminishes. — George MacDonald

Writing is talking to yourself-with the hope of being overheard. — Marty Rubin

When I first came to the Eagles, I found a bunch of guys shell-shocked from losing. They had been through some lean years, they just didn't know how to handle the pressure. They were quiet; they kept to themselves. I said, " Hey, this has gotta change. Let's make pressure fun." — Ron Jaworski

I'd forgotten I'd done the anime called Spirited Away, the English version of a Japanese film. — David Ogden Stiers