Ellen Auerbach Quotes & Sayings

Be as light as a feather and when they reach for you - you will blow right by their grip; you will effortlessly flow to safety. — Bryant McGill

Life changes when we lovingly accept change. — Debasish Mridha

My view is that at a certain age - and we can debate whether that age is 70-72 or 75 - members need to step off boards. As per the banking guidelines, that age for the director on a board today is 70. — Uday Kotak

Most men give a girl a ring, you know, not threaten them with murder." Hatcher — Christina Henry

The nearest figure to myself would be Shakespeare. — Michael Tippett

Although I am good at enumerating my father's flaws, it's hard for me to sustain much anger at him. I expect this is partly because he's dead, and partly because the bar is lower for fathers than it is for mothers. — Alison Bechdel

And Cape Town is not what it used to be. Foreigners have left their imprint on our culture. — K. Sello Duiker

I like when my man is worldly, knows the finer things in life, is well traveled, educated. It's important to me that he's able to talk to all types of people, from doctors to dishwashers. — Kiana Tom

I turn my back on him as he goes,
and settle myself in the parlor,
and touch Ma's piano.
My fingers leave sighs
in the dust. — Karen Hesse

Oh, God, oh, God. A sense of humor. She'd thought the hardly-even-a-hint she'd caught of it a while back had been a one-off thing, but that was a joke he'd just made. An honest-to-God joke! She wanted to have his baby. — Susan Andersen

I think everyone spins. You would just be an empty vacant shell reporting facts. I mean, you have your life that you bring with you to every moment that happens. — Rosie O'Donnell

Just so you know,' I explained, remembering my own earlier arrogance, 'if you've ever owned a cat and therefore think you know how to handle a puma, you don't. It would be like playing with sharks because you once owned a goldfish. — Peter Allison

Don't be what you isn't, just be what you is, cause if you is what you isn't you isn't what you is. — Bernice McGeehan

Never miss a political meeting if you think there's the slightest chance you'll wish you'd been there. — Morton Blackwell

...as Abe Lincoln said, I was sick from my stovepipe hat to the worn out soles of my shoes. — Ben Greenman