Emmott School Quotes & Sayings

It used to be that the only ones with access to cutting-edge technology were top government labs, big companies and the ultra-rich. It was simply too expensive for the rest of us to afford. — Peter Diamandis

To kill a man will be considered as disgusting [in the twentieth century] as we in this day consider it disgusting to eat one. — Andrew Carnegie

I'm happy to tell you that my debt is retired. That happened because I got a good financial adviser. — Lisa Caputo

I'll tell you what," he said. "I can't promise you anything long-term. I can't get past my marriage. But I like you more than I care to, and I'm not interested in anyone else right now. — C.D. Reiss

Moonlight knew no colors and traced the contours of the terrain only very softly. It covered the land a dirty gray, strangling life all night long. This world molded in lead, where nothing moved but the wind that fell sometimes like a shadow over the gray forests, and where nothing lived but the scent of the naked earth, was the only world he accepted, for it was much like the world of his soul. — Patrick Suskind

Some hats can only be worn if you're willing to be jaunty, to set them at an angle and to walk beneath them with a spring in your stride as if you're only a step away from dancing. They demand a lot of you. — Neil Gaiman

You bloody old towser-faced boot-faced totem-pole on a crap reservation. — Kingsley Amis

The Wealth of Nations may not be an original book, but it is unquestionably a masterpiece. — Robert Heilbroner

The Human Species could have been great but instead we became satisfied with lights on our tennis shoes. — George Carlin

You are not mine to command. But the choice to kill always means closing the mind to the chance of a living alternative. — Janny Wurts

The year is getting to feel rich, for his golden fruits are ripening fast, and he has a large balance in the barns, which are his banks. The members of his family have found out that he is well to do in the world. September is dressing herself in show of dahlias and splendid marigolds and starry zinnias. October, the extravagant sister, has ordered an immense amount of the most gorgeous forest tapestry for her grand reception. — Oliver Wendell Holmes

Mysterious haunts of echoes old and far, The voice divine of human loyalty. — George Eliot

I'm pretty sure a lot of directors would be thrilled to cast age appropriate roles. I am. — Zoe Cassavetes