Gumshoes Briefly Quotes & Sayings

Find your own voice & use it, / use your own voice & find it. — Jayne Cortez

(I)f we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution. — J.M. Coetzee

Four rehabs meant a fifth was somewhere down the road. — John Grisham

And so you have a life that you are living only now, now and now and now, gone before you can speak of it, and you must be thankful for living day by day, moment by moment a life in the breath and pulse and living light of the present — Wendell Berry

There is usually less romance in marriage than in any other relationship of life. But the general idea concerning marriage is that it is all or nearly all romance. — Alice Moore Hubbard

I am trying to show the world that we are all human beings and that color is not important. What is important is the quality of our work. — Alvin Ailey

It was a day as different from other days as dogs are from cats and both of them from chrysanthemums or tidal waves or scarlet fever. — John Steinbeck

I don't believe anyone has leaked grand jury information. — Ken Starr

On getting mugged: I carry around months and months of receipts. I need a mugger who can file my VAT returns. — Dara O Briain

If someone's takeaway from this story is "Felicia Day said don't study!," I'll punch you in the face. But I AM saying don't chase perfection for perfection's sake, or for anyone else's sake at all. If you strive for something, make sure it's for the right reasons. And if you fail, that will be a better lesson for you than any success you'll ever have. Because you learn a lot from screwing up. Being perfect . . . not so much. — Felicia Day

More generally, the financial benefits of self-employment are mediocre: given the same qualifications, people achieve higher average return by selling their skills to employers than by setting out on their own. The evidence suggests that optimism is widespread, stubborn, and costly. Psychologists have confirmed that most people genuinely believe they are superior to most others on most desirable traits - they are willing to bet small amounts of money on these beliefs in the laboratory. — Daniel Kahneman

So the first thing in democracy, people must have satisfaction. If you don't have satisfaction, it's not going to work out. — Nirmala Srivastava

Woe to the lazy man! Laziness is an evil disease which you must not let seize you in childhood, for when you grow up it cannot be cured. Chapter 25 — Carlo Collodi

He adds, wistfully, "I don't suppose you have syphilis, do you?"
"No."
"Pity. There's a study starting in Alabama that would have paid for all your medical care if you did. Although you'd have to be a Negro."
"I'm not that, either."
"Too bad." The doctor shrugs. — Lauren Beukes

Fiat justitia et ruant coeli. Let justice be done, though the heavens may fall. See Ferdinand I 320:1. — William Watson