Dropsy Betta Quotes & Sayings

Homicide is the major leagues, the center ring, the show. It always has been ... It goes beyond academic degrees, specialized training or book learning, because all the theory in the world means nothing if you can't read the street. — David Simon

Too rarely is the individual teacher so free from the dictation of authoritative supervisor, textbook on methods, prescribed course of study, etc., that he can let his mind come to close quarters with the pupil's mind and the subject matter. — John Dewey

We conclude that the concentration of wealth is natural and inevitable, and is periodically alleviated by violent or peaceable partial redistribution. In this view all economic history is the slow heartbeat of the social organism, a vast systole and diastole of concentrating wealth and compulsive recirculation. — Will Durant

Simple lies are always better than a complicated truth. — Holly Black

I had given up magic, because it had reached a state of perfection. I felt that I was able to transform men into animals. I did not make use of this capability, because I believed I could not justify an intervention of this kind in the life of another person. — Wolfgang Hildesheimer

Enthusiasm is big. When I write a book, it's a three-year commitment. Toward the end, I'm writing seven days a week, and it's exhausting but thrilling. The only hope is to have some real enthusiasm for the book ... Above all, you need some strong emotional or personal connection to your material. — Nathaniel Philbrick

We live in a world changing so rapidly that what we mean frequently by common sense is doing the thing that would have been right last year. — Edwin Land

I fought in Korea, front line. I knew who the enemy were. The enemy were the people who were firing at me. And shooting at me. — Douglas Wilder

I've never done anything for money. My first love is things of limited commercial appeal. I could be happy doing Shakespeare for the rest of my life. — Karen Allen

I'm very inspired by the artfulness and soulfulness of the Russian people. — Johnny Weir

Integrity is about being integrated with the spiritual values of the Universe. It is also about being happy, because happiness and joy mean that you're coming into integrity with your soul. — Michael Beckwith

The purpose of sports - even foreign sports - is not to bore people. — P. J. O'Rourke