Harbridge Partners Quotes & Sayings

I grew up under Communism so we could only learn Russian, and then when Communism fell in 1989 we could learn a few more things and have the freedom to travel and the freedom of speech - and the freedom of dreaming, really. — Petra Nemcova

Whether our action is wholesome or unwholesome depends on whether that action or deed arises from a disciplined or undisciplined state of mind. It is felt that a disciplined mind leads to happiness and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering, and in fact it is said that bringing about discipline within one's mind is the essence of the Buddha's teaching. — Dalai Lama XIV

The sun burned like a fire ship on the water, sinking slowly till only a red smoke was left trailing up the sky. A fishing boat was headed into the harbor, black and small against the enormous west. Above its glittering wake a few gulls whirled like sparks which had gone out. — Ross Macdonald

Okay. Yeah. Sure." Maggie's head was spinning. She decided that what had just happened wasn't any more remarkable than Johnny himself. She couldn't think about it. It fell under the 'accept, don't question' category. She shoved the miracle into a mental drawer with all the others he had performed and locked it tight. — Amy Harmon

If you do the work you get rewarded. There are no shortcuts in life. — Michael Jordan

The funniest thing is that all the things every director goes through, I thought I could shortcut, but there was no getting around those issues. — George Clooney

My cynicism continuously undermines her faith in her own ability to master her moods. — Jerzy Kosinski

Employees make the best dates. You don't have to pick them up and they're always tax-deductible. — Andy Warhol

Researchers here in New York created a robot that actually passed a self-awareness test. So if you're keeping score, that's robots: 1, Donald Trump, 0. — Jimmy Fallon

I'll try and be what he loves to call me, 'a little woman' and not be rough and wild, but do my duty here instead of wanting to be somewhere else," said Jo, — Louisa May Alcott

In a country like America there are places, many states here still where coming out means you lose your job, where coming out means division, where it means potentially abuse. — John Amaechi

About every six to eight months, I run into a man who astounds me sexually, but between escapades, I'm celibate, which I don't think is any big deal. After two unsuccessful marriages, I find myself keeping my guard up, along with my underpants. — Sue Grafton

A story is not finished, until it has taken the worst turn — Friedrich Durrenmatt