Embarcadero Center Quotes & Sayings

I was a professor at Princeton University. And, in that capacity, I studied for many years the role of financial crisis in the economy. — Ben Bernanke

I'm so sick and tired of people in the media telling us that because of the war, sports aren't important. Fans need sports. We'd have only crime and war to watch on TV if not for sports. — Charles Barkley

The big problem for a democratic government - democrat with a small "d" - is how to hold down government spending. — Milton Friedman

Solitude does not necessarily mean living apart from others; rather, it means never living apart from one's self.
A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life — Parker J. Palmer

He [Quin] folded his arms over his chest, giving Bianca what Matheus had privately categorized as "Scary Look Number Seven." Scary Looks One through Six consisted of Quin's everyday expressions. Studied had shown Scary Look Number Eight to cause cancer in white mice. Matheus hadn't yet seen Scary Look Number Nine, but he looked forward to his future bout of schizophrenia. — Amy Fecteau

It is an amiable part of human nature, that we should love our animals; it is even better to love them to the point of folly, than not to love them at all. — Stevie Smith

You know, I don't know if you know this about me or not, but I'm kind of a big deal. — Eminem

Silence always gives consent ... — Myrtle Reed

If you don't feel that you are possibly on the edge of humiliating yourself, of losing control of the whole thing, then probably what you are doing isn't very vital. — John Irving

When, according to habit, I was contemplating the stars in a clear sky, I noticed a new and unusual star, surpassing the other stars in brilliancy. There had never before been any star in that place in the sky. — Tycho Brahe

Wicked words are the prelude to wicked deeds. — Samuel Richardson

We're all Bolsheviks now," Izzie said blithely. "And at my table!" Hugh said and laughed. — Kate Atkinson

Well, for over a year now at my desk, a prototype program of Luigi and Mario has been running on my monitor. We've been thinking about the game, and it may be something that could work on a completely new game system. — Shigeru Miyamoto

A pumpkin lives but once a year
when someone sets its soul afire
and on that night it stirs up fear
until its flame is snuffed.
But e'en one night of eerie light is fright enough. — Richelle E. Goodrich

The humble are in danger when those in power disagree. — Phaedrus