Hectored 7 Quotes & Sayings

What plan did he think I was hatching to overthrow their little world? — Stephenie Meyer

I cannot be alone in being pretty nauseated by Red Nose Day, or at least its television manifestation. Do I think that wretchedly poor children in Africa should get food and life-saving drugs? Of course. Do I want to be hectored into contributing by celebrities who earn more in a 10-minute slot than many of these families get in a year? Nope. — Simon Hoggart

I was never involved in any fights in high school. I'm glad I wasn't. I'm not very big, and I don't find great joy in cuts and bruises. — John Bytheway

When you die it's the end of your life. — Sam Shepard

I couldn't get any of the ingenue roles when younger because at 5 feet 9 inches with a deep voice I was always too ... genue. My career has completely happened since I was 29. — Olivia Williams

From elementary school through high school, my siblings and I were hectored to excel in every class, to win medals in science fairs, to be chosen princess of the prom, to win election to student government. Thereby and only thereby, we learned, could we expect to gain admission to the right college, which in turn would get us into Harvard Medical School: life's one sure path to meaningful success and lasting happiness. — Jon Krakauer

There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can't think of one at the moment. — Paul Theroux

They became desperate for an antidote, such as coziness & color. They tried to bury the obligatory white sofas under Thai-silk throw pillows of every rebellious, iridescent shade of Magenta, pink, and tropical green imaginable. But the architect returned, as he always does, like the conscience of a Calvinist, and he lectured them and hectored them and chucked the shimmering little sweet things out. — Tom Wolfe

There is an important distinction between barriers to entry and barriers to imitation. — C. K. Prahalad

After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war. — Barney Ross

She was so beautiful that it made my soul ache. I always wished desperately that I could paint her in these moments and immortalize that look in her eyes. There was a softness in them that I rarely saw at other times, a total and complete vulnerability in someone who was normally so guarded and analytical in the rest of her life. But although I was a decent painter, capturing her on canvas was beyond my skill. — Richelle Mead

I was raised in a family where no one had a serious bone in their body and every answer was a riddle, a joke, or a prank. — James Brolin

I never wanted to be an actor until about three years ago when I realised it was what I liked doing. — Craig Roberts

Self-discovery is the process of learning about who you are as an individual, independent from your friends, family, employer, or nation. — Scott Berkun