Granovetter Stanford Quotes & Sayings

Sleep is my best friend when we're shooting 'Game of Thrones' because there are very long days and intense scenes. — Maisie Williams

As for borrowing Mr. Whistler's ideas about art, the only thoroughly original ideas I have heard him express have had reference to his own superiority as a painter over painters greater than himself. — Oscar Wilde

So, Henrik, is the weather good for fishing?" Papa asked cheerfully, and listened briefly. Then he continued, "I'm sending Inge to you today with the children, and she will be bringing you a carton of cigarettes. "Yes, just one," he said, after a moment. Annemarie couldn't hear Uncle Henrik's words. "But there are a lot of cigarettes available in Copenhagen now, if you know where to look," he went on, "and so there will be others coming to you as well, I'm sure." But it wasn't true. Annemarie was quite certain it wasn't true. Cigarettes were the thing that Papa missed, the way Mama missed coffee. He complained often - he had complained only yesterday - that there were no cigarettes in the stores. — Lois Lowry

Though the heart wear the garment of its sorrow And be not happy like a naked star, Yet from the thought of peace some peace we borrow, Some rapture from the rapture felt afar. — George Santayana

Ike runs the country, and I turn the pork chops. — Mamie Eisenhower

There is life in the ground; it goes into the seeds and also when it is stirred up goes into the man who stirs it. — Charles Dudley Warner

When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs. — Yann Tiersen

China has always maintained that all countries, big or small, rich or poor, strong or weak, are equal members of the international community and they should stand and speak in the world as such. — Li Peng

For winners, losing inspires them. For losers, losing defeats them. — Robert Kiyosaki

Nostalgia is not what it used to be. — Francois Lelord

Those who formally rule take their signals and commands not from the electorate as a body, but from a small group of men. This group will be called the Establishment. It exists even though that existence is stoutly denied. It is one of the secrets of the American social order ... A second secret is the fact that the existence of the Establishment - the ruling class - is not supposed to be discussed. — Arthur Miller

Mark the spirit of invention everywhere, thy rapid patents, Thy continual workshops, foundries, risen or rising, See, from their chimneys how the tall flame-fires stream. — Walt Whitman

We don't live in an ideal world, but in a world dominated by sinful, selfish desires. — Billy Graham

France, after the month of May, will share trust with the current leadership of the United States which, on many subjects, has tended to take useful positions in our view. — Francois Hollande

I definitely write about things that are universal, that everyone can identify with. You're supposed to write about things you're passionate about and I guess I am a foodie. I do love food and it's kind of like I'm an eccentric observationalist guy. To make it kind of universal, I try a lot of different things. When I first started writing this, I was like, 'No food.' Then, you know, it just always goes there. — Jim Gaffigan