Erchembaldus Quotes & Sayings

...since we see everyday that where there is affection, young people are seldom withheld by immediate want of fortune from entering into engagements with each other, how can I promise to be wiser than so many of my fellow creatures if I am tempted, or how am I even to know that it would be wisdom to resist? All that I can promise you, therefore, is not to be in a hurry. I will not be in a hurry to believe myself his first object. When I am in company with him, I will not be wishing. In short, I will do my best. — Jane Austen

Lend."
"Lend?" Raquel asked.
"Yes, as in, lend me your self." He shimmered into Raquel again.
"Why not Borrow?" I asked. "Better yet, Steal? — Kiersten White

It is my conviction that physical courage at crucial moments comes from the sum of intellectual courage and integrity that you muster at that moment. — Michael Weisskopf

It was hard to be away from home, but I am glad that I am home now. — Miriam Makeba

I have worked with several art directors and production designers who are just magnificent. Dave Getz, Paul Felix, Ian Gooding ... just amazing artists, and I would say, if I had anything to do with it, I just pick good artists! — Roy Conli

When I was a kid, I thought movies just came from air. I thought they just appeared. — Clint Eastwood

But sometimes, I feel like something's missing, and I can't quite put my finger on it. That little something extra. Excitement. A challenge. An adventure. Maybe I should bungee jump off of the empire state building or run naked in central park. Nah, that would just be plain crazy, and I'd get arrested. That wouldn't end up well. Unless there was a hot guy dressed in a uniform fingerprinting me. Then it might just be worth it. — Beth Michele

I was in love with HTML and certain that the whole world was about to learn it, ushering in a new era of DIY media, free expression, peace and democracy and human rights worldwide. That part didn't work out so well, although the kids prefer YouTube to TV, so that's something. — Jeffrey Zeldman

The absence of an empathetic listener, or more radically, the absence of an addressable other, an other who can hear the anguish of one's memories and thus affirm and recognize their realness, annihilates the story — Dori Laub

If you're goingto play cards, you should ask Burke to join you," Adelia put in. "Then maybe Keeley, Erin and I can find something equally foolish to do with our evening."
"Good idea. More wine,Brian?" Keeley lifted the bottle, cocked a brow. The purr in her voice was subtle, but he heard it. And suffered. — Nora Roberts

Housing is the favorite investment of the middle class and moderately well-to-do, but true wealth always consists primarily of financial and business assets. — Thomas Piketty

You are giving a little man a biscuit to eat, and you put a barrel of flour more taxes on top of his head to carry. — Huey Long