Itasca Il Quotes & Sayings

The mention of money did intrigue him, since he did prefer wine, women, and song to beer, whores, and accordion music. — Pip Ballantine

I thought he should have realized sooner that important people don't show up very often, and you should hold on to them when they do. Maybe I was smarter than he was all along, because that was something I'd always known. — Lorraine Zago Rosenthal

So much to rue, but to what end? All unlived lives cancel one another out. — Laini Taylor

But I can see what has ensued. A war doesn't merely kill off a few thousand or a few hundred thousand young men. It kills off something in a people that can never be brought back. And if a people goes through enough wars, pretty soon all that's left is the brute, the creature that we - you and I and others like us - have brought up from the slime." He paused for a long moment; then he smiled slightly. "The scholar should not be asked to destroy what he has aimed his life to build. — John Edward Williams

The first prerogative of an artist in any medium is to make a fool of himself. — Pauline Kael

I don't think just being skinny means necessarily anorexic. — Carmen Kass

Christmas; magnificent snowflakes snowing in your hope. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

There are no shortcuts. The fact that a shortcut is important to you means that you are a pussy. — Mark Rippetoe

For the most part, however, Lady in the Water comes across as a movie that's too bad to be good, and not bad enough to be so bad that it's good. — James Berardinelli

Its an honor to be chosen to represent the best hockey game in the world, ... Hockey fans are looking for the most authentic experience and NHL 2K6 delivers it. — Brian Boitano

Our only hope is to control the ... — Medgar Evers

The number of African Americans in my profession is woefully small; about two percent of architects in the country are black. I'd like to see more diversity. That's why whenever I'm asked to speak at middle and high schools I always say yes. — Philip Freelon

Childhood is messy and beautiful. — Rachel Martin

Power in a corporation becomes residual and dwells in the background. It is the ability to exercise nice matters of judgment. — Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos