Espenshade Plumbing Quotes & Sayings

The fact is that it is utterly pointless to make anyone a generous offer unless he is a rich man; rich men are the only people who can accept a generous offer. To be poor is simply the peculiar human condition of not being able to take advantage of a generous offer. The essence of being a poor peasant is the inability to avail oneself of the gifts that politicians offer to promise and to be left at the mercy of ideals that only make rich richer and the poor poorer. — Halldor Laxness

A loach can't emulate a goldfish. Because of my looks, the public support rating for us won't rise. — Yoshihiko Noda

I'm always nervous about singing ... always. It may be one of the only things I sweat about. — Ed Robertson

In all those things which deal with people, be liberal, be human. In all those things which deal with the people's money or their economy or their form of government, be conservative. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

The closed door to the left of the hallway hid whatever room lay beyond it, but instead of walking farther into the house to see what the second right revealed, she shouted, "Magician Thane! Your guests are here and would greatly appreciate a real person at the door!"
"Miss Twill!" Mg. Aviosky said in a suppressed sort of hiss as the paper skeleton shut the front door. "Manners! — Charlie N. Holmberg

Someone once said the fundamental reason we get married is because have a universal human need for a witness. — Roger Ebert

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. — Thomas Fuller

If you write genre fiction, you follow the rules, and you have to follow them because readers expect that. — Yann Martel

Words are the weak support of cold indifference; love has no language to be heard. — William Congreve

All the most fascinating subjects leave...no...shadows. But we keep watching and waiting just in case. — R.J. Askew

The only way to get truly great intuitive information is to show up and get out of your own way. — Catherine Carrigan

Either our wills are determined by prior causes and we are not responsible for them, or they are the product of chance and we are not responsible for them. If — Sam Harris

Dances have a second and third life. You feel they are never ready. They always have a chance for another life. — Mikhail Baryshnikov