Eeandc Quotes & Sayings

When the Beatles first came out, you had to go to a certain amount of trouble to have long hair. You just couldn't have it immediately. Anything you can just go out and get - like platform shoes - is not going to inspire people as much as something they have to go through a little bit of hell to have. — Todd Rundgren

At one time he [Cornelius Vanderbilt] personally controlled some 10 percent of all the money in circulation in the United States. — Bill Bryson

I shall set forth for somewhere, I shall make the reckless choice Some say when they are in voice And tossing so as to scare The white clouds over them on, I shall have less to say, But I shall be none. — Robert Frost

The family was still hard-pressed for money, and dreamed of savory treats to eat, but they had the warmth of one another, and enough on which to live, and in most parts of the world that is called plenty. — Gregory Maguire

I've conducted the Boston Pops! Imagine that! Me! Maya Angelou! I've sang and danced at La Scala! — Maya Angelou

The world had a way of speaking to you if you let it; the trick was learning to hear. — Justin Cronin

I don't deny myself food. I'm no saint. I love butter and cream, but I also eat lots of grains and fruits. — Catherine Zeta-Jones

Curiosity fed the dog. — Wes Fesler

Magnificence is likewise a source of the sublime. A great profusion of things which are splendid or valuable in themselves is magnificent. The starry heaven, though it occurs so very frequently to our view, never fails to excite an idea of grandeur. — Edmund Burke

A teacher had once told them that men were either beasts, gentlemen, or beasts masquerading as gentlemen. Might there be a fourth category - gentlemen masquerading as beasts? — Sabrina Jeffries

If it were not for the war, this war would suit me down to the ground. — Dorothy L. Sayers

That is the American story. People, just like you, following their passions, determined to meet the times on their own terms. They weren't doing it for the money. Their titles weren't fancy. But they changed the course of history and so can you. — Barack Obama

I don't think that any economist disputes that we're in the worst economic crisis since the great depression. The good news is that we're getting a consensus around what needs to be done. — Barack Obama

They can take tomorrow and the plans we made
They can take the music that we'll never play
All the broken dreams, take everything
Just take it away but they can never have yesterday
They can take the future that we'll never know
They can take the places that we said we would go
All the broken dreams, take everything
Just take it away but they can never have yesterday — Leona Lewis

The commission process in America and England is different. In America, they do it through an interview process, and it's really based on whether they like you or not. I mean, it's nothing to do with whether you do the best scheme or the worst scheme. — Zaha Hadid