Kusneric Quotes & Sayings

I've got a tip." "Me, too. Let a smile be your umbrella and you're gonna get your dumb ass wet. — J.D. Robb

It is not very unreasonable that the rich should contribute to the public expense, not only in proportion to their revenue, but something more than in that proportion. — Adam Smith

My mum told me that I have a gift, but it doesn't make me better than others — Connie Talbot

Love of honor is a very shady sort of possession. — Herodotus

Words have not only a definition ... but also the felt quality of their own kind of sound. — Mary Oliver

Is the diameter of your index finger equal to or greater than the diameter of a super absorbency tampon? — Julie Cross

Wait, my child, wait and work on. Patience, patience ... — Swami Vivekananda

For years, recycling programs proved unprofitable, and private institutions failed time and time again to create comprehensive programs that would dramatically reduce litter. Expensive recycling programs survived as the preferred and exclusive solution for solid-waste disposal in this country only because private corporations used their lobbying might to shift responsibility for the collection and recycling of corporate waste onto the public sector. In the end, consumers did most of the work, subsidizing (both through their labor and through taxes) the beverage industry's packaging-reclamation system, allowing companies to expand their operations without incurring increased costs. — Bartow J. Elmore

What is the point of teaching how to analyse a poem or a piece of Shakespeare but not to analyse the Internet? — Beeban Kidron

It's not necessarily size that matters, it's how fast you move that implement. — Bryan Clay

I've come to think that one reason for the oppressive predictability of polemical essays can be found in today's polarized social and political climate. To paraphrase Emerson: "If I know your party, I anticipate your argument." Not merely about politics but about everything. Clearly this acrimonious state of affairs is not conducive to writing essays that display independent thought and complex perspectives. Most of us open magazines, newspapers, and websites knowing precisely what to expect. Many readers apparently enjoy being members of the choir. In our rancorously partisan environment, conclusions don't follow from premises and evidence but precede them. — John Jeremiah Sullivan