Fleet Admiral Nimitz Quotes & Sayings

What he then saw was like an apparition. She was seated in the middle of a bench all alone, or, at any rate, he could see no one, dazzled as he was by her eyes. — Gustave Flaubert

First I was a European-style player, then I was a downtown 'noise guy,' and now some people call me an Americana guy. — Bill Frisell

life is simply a vacation from the infinite — Dean Cavanagh

For someone so violent, he has a gentle face, doesn't he? — Fuyumi Soryo

Sometimes I think that maybe we are just stories. Like we may as well just be words on a page, because we're only what we've done and what we are going to do. — Jodi Lynn Anderson

His position at that moment was like the position of a man standing over a frightful precipice, when the earth breaks away under him, is rocking, shifting, sways for a last time, and falls, drawing him into the abyss, and meanwhile the unfortunate man has neither the strength nor the firmness of spirit to jump back, to take his eyes from the yawning chasm; the abyss draws him, and he finally leaps into it himself, himself hastening the moment of his own perdition. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

There are so many rules about play writing. I'd have a nervous breakdown if I followed them. — Terrence McNally

The private life of one man shall be a more illustrious monarchy,
more formidable to its enemy, more sweet and serene in its influence to its friend, than any kingdom in history. For a man, rightly viewed, comprehendeth the particular natures of all men. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

In a spectaculist fabrication, the cardinal rule is Shit Blows Up. — Hal Duncan

I think that the consumer is generally unaware of certain material facts, particularly the tax risk and compensation issues. — Ric Edelman

What do we expect the climate to do? How will it affect people? And how can we protect people from hardship? We should be willing to face the facts that things may not go very well. — Walter Munk