Gadjian Quotes & Sayings

That's what college is for - getting as many bad decisions as possible out of the way before you're forced into the real world. I keep a checklist of 'em on the wall in my room. — Jeph Jacques

I love Sandra Bullock. I think everybody loves her. — Chelsea Handler

On the Trans-Atlantic Single-handed Race Mr Owen Smithers has been disqualified for using both hands. — Heikki Luoma

You should enter a ballpark the way you enter a church. — Bill Lee

There is a thin line between the policeman and the criminal. The best cops are always crossed. The best cops are the ones who are able to think like criminals. But for a quirk of fate, they might have been criminals. — William Friedkin

How lovely goodness is in those who, stepping lightly, go smiling through the world. — Virginia Woolf

I strongly disapprove of torture and have never and would never provide assistance in its process. — Martin Seligman

Hell no. It'd been three long months since his good-bye party in Cincinnati, which meant three long months since anyone had hefted his main hose except him. — Samanthe Beck

In a series of experiments, safety officials ran regular people through mock evacuations from planes. The trials weren't nearly as stressful as real evacuations, of course, but it didn't matter. People, especially women, hesitated for a surprisingly long time before jumping onto the slide. That pause slowed the evacuation for everyone. But there was a way to get people to move faster. If a flight attendant stood at the exit and screamed at people to jump, the pause all but disappeared, the researchers found. In fact, if flight attendants did not aggressively direct the evacuation, they might as well have not been there at all. A study by the Cranfield University Aviation Safety Centre found that people moved just as slowly for polite and calm flight attendants as they did when there were no flight attendants present. — Amanda Ripley