Kinnery Patel Quotes & Sayings

I was clearly fascinated by him, but had the strange sense that he was equally fascinated by me. As far as he was concerned I was the devil itself, but the devil always holds a variety of attractions. — Jacob Wren

I believe the best reviews are any of those wherein readers share their true opinion, no matter how many stars they rate my work. When I receive responses from appreciative people thanking for useful and amusing reading, it feels like my wings stretch up and blood carries the highest happiness circulating in my veins. I think many writers will understand what I mean by that. — Sahara Sanders

A lot of people tell me, once they get to know me, that they're surprised that I'm nothing like they think I'll be. — Miranda Lambert

What, then, of the liberated slaves and Indians? The saddest part of the story and perhaps the most revealing is that no one bothered to say. None of the accounts either of Drake's voyage or of the Roanoke colony mentions what became of them. — Edmund S. Morgan

In kindergarten, we had this Irish Catholic headmistress called Sister Leonie, and I remember she would tell us, say, to put the crayons in the box. I remember thinking, 'Why is everyone finding this so easy? Why should the crayons be in the box?' — Binyavanga Wainaina

Evil is that which one believes of others. — H.L. Mencken

It was in the 1960s that I began the detailed study of public regulation. — George Stigler

In 2009 Southwest Airlines was the largest airline in the world based on the number of passengers that fly the airline each year,30 and in 2011 it was not only America's leading low-cost carrier but was also rated America's favorite airline by Consumer Reports.31 Joe Harris, a labor lawyer for Southwest, explains that the company's harmonious employee relations are no accident. "At Southwest, our employees come first; our customers come second; and our stockholders come third," he said. "The rationale is pretty simple. If we treat our employees right, they're going to treat our customers right. If our customers are treated right, they will come back and our stockholders will benefit."32 — Douglas Van Praet

Once you've spit something out, you can't eat it back up again. People don't forget. — Ainslie Hogarth

If you do something too good, then, after a while, if you don't watch it, you start showing off. And then you're not as good any more. — J.D. Salinger

I seen women take this kind a' help from a man with a look a' relief on their faces. I wondered if these women knew how much easier their lives would be if they did all this stuff for themselves. — Beth Lewis

The word of God, softens every harden heart. — Lailah Gifty Akita

... we saw the edges of one another's souls. — Alice Hoffman