Laskin Quotes & Sayings

It was the age of confidence. Arrogance was epidemic. — David Laskin

a strong sense of purpose produces its own luck. — Benjamin Laskin

I believe in God, because he is the only thing that kept me going. He's my best friend. — Jessica Hahn

Gro Rollag was no beauty, but she was a strong capable young woman with a long face, prominent cheekbones, high forehead, and a kindly intelligent look in her rather narrow eyes. According to family lore, she was not the most conscientious housekeeper because she preferred reading to housework. A love of books and reading ran in the family. Of all the possessions they were forced to sell or leave behind in Norway, what the Rollags remembered with deepest regret was the library they inherited from an eighteenth-century ancestor - lovely old books sold to pay for their passage to America. — David Laskin

I still like doing stand-up now, but it's not the same. It used to be that I was out there with five other comedians. Now I usually just do it alone. — Adam Sandler

Despite Lowell's determination to be 'surrounded by Catholics,' the couple instantly got swept up into the fast, loud current of atheist-Jewish-Marxist-hard-drinking-fast-talking literary New York. Philip Rahv and Nathalie Swan took a shine to Lowell and Stafford, and soon they were getting invited to the Rahv's combative, whiskey-soaked parties. — David Laskin

Just by asking for your one next step you can give yourself permission to be divinely led to the people, places and resources that will allow you to move forward. — Catherine Carrigan

I have wings on the back of my shoulders,
and I'm ready to fly. — Pamela L. Laskin

I'm close to six feet, I like to think. — Tim Lincecum

The Ruling Class by Peter Barnes. — Andrew Klavan