Edgett Burnham Quotes & Sayings

We must be drawn by the idea of where we want to go more than we dislike the idea of all the work it is going to take to get there. — Scott Hammerle

You need to have a vision greater than yourself. — Lailah Gifty Akita

There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. — Oscar Wilde

Here is how it is for women. We become our schedules. That starts to feel good. Then it starts to feel necessary. Then it starts to feel like everything. — Jacquelyn Mitchard

In the lobby, an old woman with legs wrapped in elastic bandages mopped the floor with filthy water. She kept missing the same spot, over and over. There was the overpowering smell of disinfectant, bad tobacco, and wet wool. This was the smell of Russia indoors, the smell of the woman in front of you on line, the smell of every elevator. Near an abandoned newsstand, dozens of overcoats hung on long rows of pegs, somber and dark, lightly steaming, like nags in a stable. — David Remnick

I was a wonderful parent before I had children. I was an expert on why everyone else was having problems with theirs. Then I had three of my own. — Adele Faber