Edelyn Holbox Quotes & Sayings

Remember that a good football novel has to have the same ingredients as any other good novel: drama, convincing and interesting characters, a strong story-line, and some kind of magic in the writing. — Mal Peet

Presumably man's spirit should be elevated if he can better review his shady past and analyze more completely and objectively his present problems. — Vannevar Bush

Francis, I'd play the Godfather for you," he told the startled director. "I wouldn't do it for those guys at Paramount, but I'd do it for you. — James Kaplan

Some people tried to hurt us to protect themselves, their family and communities ... This was one of the consequences of civil war. People stopped trusting each other, and every stranger became an enemy. Even people who knew you became extremely careful about how they related or spoke to you. — Ishmael Beah

Solving new problems is what keeps us moving forward as individuals and as a society, so don't back down. — Garry Kasparov

They were silent, humiliated by this return of the defeated, furious at their own silence, but the more it was prolonged the less capable they were of breaking it. — Albert Camus

And I could write it better than you ever felt it. — Pete Wentz

Morality existed only in action. It arose out of action: was formed and tested in action: expressed itself in action. That was why we mustn't cheapen it with words — C.P. Snow

She was generally considered to be a pretty woman; and, since she was as good-natured as she was foolish, she was almost universally liked. — Georgette Heyer

I think that's become passe, but if you can surround yourself with a kind of monument to yourself and your family - a statement - and you can afford it, then that's a noble project. — Sylvester Stallone

Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable. — Robert Louis Stevenson

They tell us that "Pity is akin to Love;" if so, Pity must be a poor relation. — Arthur Helps

All genuinely creative ideas are initially met with rejection, since they necessarily threaten the status quo. An enthusiastic reception for a new idea is a sure sign that it is not original. — Eric Weiner

One wonders how far spiritual and political leaders can genuinely lead us without some degree of mystical seeing and action. — Richard Rohr

That's the great paradox of living on this earth, that in the midst of great pain you can have great joy as well. If we didn't have those things we'd just be numb. — Kathy Mattea