Escapade Houston Quotes & Sayings

If you truly feel that self esteem and motivation have to happen first before you can make changes in your life, then we'll probably be sharing walkers at a retirement home as we talk over what might have been. — Shannon L. Alder

The capitalist system is not delivering those decade-after-decade increases it promised. We're not where we should be in terms of our national economies. We don't know how to get out of this malaise and I think we now have to consider more radical policies. — Adair Turner

The whole structure of science gradually grows, but only as it is built upon a firm foundation of past research. — Owen Chamberlain

The lies we tell ourselves are the most subtle of all lies. — Lewis B. Smedes

There is an innocence in admiration: it occurs in one who has not yet realized that they might one day be admired. — Friedrich Nietzsche

We cannot always do what is best, but we can do what is practical at the time. — William McKinley

I'm really interested in the idea of anomynity and familiarity. And sunglasses, you know, are so indicatitve of that. I mean, they're worn by some people to hide themselves. But they're also a fashion statement, meant to be noticed. So there's a dichotomy there. — Sarah Dessen

After all, we are human beings, and not creatures of infinite possibilities. — Robertson Davies

My sole focus as far back as I can remember was all about my dream to become a singer. — Sheena Easton

I don't think I am a traditional romantic who thinks about candlelight dinners and wonders if my husband is going to bring me flowers, though I'm delighted if he does. I'm more practical-minded. I find it incredibly romantic that my husband does the dishes. — Nora Roberts

Desperate men fight best. — Brent Weeks

He was always so zealous and honorable in fulfilling his compact with me, that he made me zealous and honorable in fulfilling mine with him. If he had shown indifference as a master, I have no doubt I should have returned the compliment as a pupil. He gave me no such excuse, and each of us did the other justice. — Charles Dickens

If you do not take opportunity to advance and reward the deserving, your subordinates will not carry out your commands, and disaster will ensue. — Sun Tzu

I was born into big celebrity. It could only diminish. — Carrie Fisher

Of course I have the license to make up things, but I think a lot of what's written about China is misleading, and most Americans don't know much about China, in-depth, even though China is such a crucial business partner, rival, whatever. — Anchee Min