Fantopoulos Quotes & Sayings

I think there are problems with compact disc copy protection that can't be resolved. — Edward Felten

Moving on should be a required high school class
because Lynchburg is determined to make me forget. — Taylor Rhodes

You are the love of my current life — Irene Fantopoulos

Gradually the idea for a book began to take shape. It was to be a wildly ambitious and intolerant work, a kind of 'Anatomy of Restlessness' that would enlarge on Pascal's dictum about the man sitting quietly in a room. The argument, roughly, was as follows: that in becoming human, man had acquired, together with his straight legs and striding walk, a migratory 'drive' or instinct to walk long distances through the seasons; that this 'drive' was inseparable from his central nervous system; and, that, when warped in conditions of settlement, it found outlets in violence, greed, status-seeking or a mania for the new. This would explain why mobile societies such as the gypsies were egalitarian, thing-free and resistant to change; also why, to re-establish the harmony of the First State, all the great teachers - Buddha, Lao-tse, St Francis - had set the perpetual pilgrimage at the heart of their message and told their disciples, literally, to follow The Way. — Bruce Chatwin

When you know the builder, you can have complete confidence in the quality of his work. — Steven Furtick

I've learned to stay the course. There are no shortcuts. No detours. They take you further away from your goal. — Irene Fantopoulos

I don't believe anyone should ignore all the fires around you and stand pat and not worry about getting singed. — Rick Santelli

Inconvenience is the road to progress — Irene Fantopoulos

Did you really have to put ideas in Izzy's head? she now has some ... What did she call it? Oh yeah "Trifecta of Vaginal Bliss". What the hell does that shit mean? — Harper Sloan

Stories allow the writer and the reader to live in the same world — Irene Fantopoulos

We communicate much more through our presence than the words. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Sometimes silence is not an indicator of not caring, but a way to give time and space to the one who's hurting. Only judge when time passes ad the void widens such that the chasm cannot be bridged. — Irene Fantopoulos

What I love about cooking is that after a hard day, there is something comforting about the fact that if you melt butter and add flour and then hot stock, it will get thick! It's a sure thing! It's sure thing in a world where nothing is sure; it has a mathematical certainty in a world where those of us who long for some kind of certainty are forced to settle for crossword puzzles. — Nora Ephron

It was a known topic: The day of the virgin was leaving our land! Ali puckered — Jean Sasson

I hate all generalisations. — Arj Barker

I'm always reading. And I keep a whole list of stories, often unusual stories. There are a hundred some-odd ideas on that list. — Joshuah Bearman

CompUSA was a bad decision. We stayed too much with CompUSA, and we stayed too short with Apple. — Carlos Slim

I was born with a silver microphone in my mouth, and that was an advantage. My father wrote books and was also a great broadcaster. — Jonathan Dimbleby

Exercise mitigates the effects of stress - and stress, we know, shortens telomeres. In fact, early studies indicate that stress reduction techniques like meditation help people maintain the length of their telomeres. — Elizabeth Blackburn