Eladio Martinez Quotes & Sayings

To produce the kind of landscape effects Olmsted strived to create required not months but years, even decades. "I have all my life been considering distant effects and always sacrificing immediate success and applause to that of the future," he wrote. "In laying out Central Park we determined to think of no result to be realized in less than forty years. — Erik Larson

I stand up and then scoop her into in my arms like I'm some kind of hero. Only I'm no hero. I'm just a man in love. Though there's never been anything more courageous than loving someone. — Karina Halle

If you follow all of the rules, you'll miss all of the fun. — Katharine Hepburn

She freshens me up above a bit. Who'd ha thought that face - as bright and as strong as the angel I dream of - could have known the sorrow she speaks on? I wonder how she'll sin. All on us must sing. — Elizabeth Gaskell

We did not choose to believe that personal choice is the highest human virtue. Rather, we were taught, formed, forced to believe nothing is important in life other than that which we have personally chosen. The irony is that the belief that nothing is important in life other than that which we have personally chosen is a belief that we have not personally chosen! The supermarket and shopping mall have been our school. — William Henry Willimon

I have a garden, and I collect different heirloom seeds from different neighbors. — Zac Posen

In memory of Terry Pratchett,
who showed us all how it's done — Charles Stross

But by the time I was 40, everything was winding down. It started after the war. On the plus side, there was more more products and technology. But for me the nightlife was winding down, the glamour, the fun. — Cesar Romero

In 1945, the world was in a shambles. American companies had no competition. So nobody really thought much about quality. Why should they? The world bought everything America produced. It was a prescription for disaster. — W. Edwards Deming

Real men don't conform to the beliefs of others, even when society has concluded on what is good and true, but maintain the integrity of their own mind. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Meghan!" The voice called to me again, and I recognized it now. It was his voice, the voice of my knight, frantic and tormented, pulling me back from the void. "Meghan, no!" it pleaded, echoing in the blackness. "Don't do this. Come on, wake up. Please." The last word was a desperate, whispered sob, and I opened my eyes. — Julie Kagawa

Women and girls are disproportionately affected by landmines. They have different needs when it comes to education about risks. And they may face greater challenges when a family member is killed or injured. — Ban Ki-moon

Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted. — A.B. Simpson

Imitators are but a servile kind of cattle. — John Dryden

Do you know where the dead spirits depart to? — Lailah Gifty Akita