Elearnor Quotes & Sayings

Time. Now here is a peculiar commodity, boy. The measurement of time. Best accomplished, obviously, with a watch. But, lacking a watch, a man may use instead the ebb and flow of light and dark. Lacking, however, a window through which to see such movement, the reliance must be devolved upon some inner mechanism of the mind. But if the mind has received a shock, the mechanism is disturbed, and time becomes as the ground is to a drunkard, variable. — Robert Harris

Eli: Freedom is what you make it.

Solly: That's what I'm saying. You got to fight to make it mean something. — August Wilson

Upon the death of her mother-in-law, Elearnor Roosevelt said, It is truly a tragedy of life to have spent 35 years with someone and upon her death, not to give it a second thought. — Eleanor Roosevelt

I went drinking with Gray Powell and all I got was a lousy iPhone prototype. — Steve Wozniak

Romer's idea, like all good ideas, was very simple: false information can be just as useful, influential, as telling, transforming or as damaging as true information. — William Boyd

CAPITALISM: If everything worked without need of repair, upgrade or replacement, then peaceful minds and prosperity would prevail among the masses rather than just the few who control markets. — T.F. Hodge

Talking to a golf ball won't do you any good, unless you do it while your opponent is teeing off. — Bruce Lansky

Where the bright seraphim in burning row
Their loud uplifted angel trumpets blow. — John Milton

Because what is more transfixing than the sound of people hating you? — David Levithan

Starvation sounds almost unbelievable in forest country, and yet it is only too likely to happen. - Percy Harrison Fawcett — David Grann

It is often argued that left-handed batsmen have an advantage compared with the right-handers. I do not agree. — Frank Woolley

According to a certain survey, nearly half of the whole population of women is on some sort of diet. That same survey also says that almost 80% are not satisfied with the way they looked and think about this at least 8 times a day. — Amy Charles

Do you call yourself an artist?" "Yes." "How absurd. You never sold a picture in your life." "Is that what being an artist means - selling? I thought it meant one who was always seeking without absolutely finding. I thought it means the contrary from 'I know it, I have found it.' When I say I am an artist, I only mean — Irving Stone

You're actually fulfilling your calling by going to work and giving your best. — Sunday Adelaja