Elisofon Eliot Quotes & Sayings

What is our experience, but the reflected truth of our misapprehensions and short-falls? And also the grace of our beauty and strength, and the wise choices that make up our character? — Janny Wurts

The next Google or Facebook will come from somewhere other than Silicon Valley. — Niklas Zennstrom

Successful people are usually more lively than those who are unsuccessful. The quickening of the spirit they feel comes out of their creativity, and success detaches them from the more rigid outlook on life - it puts them in the flow. So the shakers and movers, by their very nature, are moving faster, taking more risks, and investing more in the world than their less active counterparts. — Stuart Wilde

I don't take a dime of their [lobbyist] money, and when I am president, they won't find a job in my White House. — Barack Obama

I served at a time when we had a strong economy, when we had deficits that we would die for today. I was able to propose a balanced budget, not over ten years, but over five years. I'm proud of that record. — Rob Portman

I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children. — Bob Dylan

It's sweet to hear, but anyone who says that they want to be the next John Cassavetes is crazy. He had it so tough. No one would want to walk a step in his shoes. Believe me - I wouldn't. — Alexandra Cassavetes

I understand a woman who validates herself by getting attention from the opposite sex. I have a friend who is that to a T ... Doesn't mean she isn't a good person. That's a funny character to play. — Cheryl Hines

It's not fashionable but I like to spit out of the window of a moving train. — Paul Theroux

When in doubt, discuss the weather. Some things never change. — Emma Lear

[Emily Litella line:] Never mind. — Gilda Radner

Nobody can deny there is a rise of Islamic fundamentalism. — Dominique De Villepin

But her mother was one of those weakest of women who can never forget the beauty they once possessed, or quite believe they have lost it, remaining, even after the very traces of it have vanished, as greedy as ever of admiration. — George MacDonald