Lawrence Balter Quotes & Sayings

The art of holding on to money is all about saying no to consumer culture. Saying no to takeout, $4 lattes, and that shiny new computer when the old one still works fine. — Austin Kleon

But instead of all that, here he was - the rich husband of an unfaithful wife, a retired gentleman-in-waiting, who liked to eat, drink, and, unbuttoning himself, to denounce the government a little, a member of the Moscow English Club, and a universally beloved member of Moscow society. — Leo Tolstoy

But you, O LORD, are r a shield s about me, my glory, and t the lifter of my head. — Anonymous

Um.. This conversation was probably the worst idea I'd ever had in my life. I was able to picture everything Jordy described, in freaking 3D. And it was turning me on- like plugging into a power grid sort of turning me on. I felt hot all over and my dick was starting to throb. (Owen) — Eli Easton

Consumers never complain about ads being too smart. — Lee Clow

Life is a rock, but the radio rolled me over. — Neil Gaiman

Oh Kate." She shakes her head as if to say, Oh silly, silly immature Kate. "You never know when you're going to meet Prince Charming. You always have to look your best." She takes in my ensemble. "This is something you'll learn in time." Pretty sure I won't. — Kim Holden

None of us is so mature that we cannot be influenced. The question is: Who or what do we want to shape our lives? — Ann Spangler

Even when she slept, she tossed and turned and squirmed, like she was secretly a hurricane forced into a girl-body and told to exist as best she could among people who had no idea what it meant to secretly be a weather pattern. — Seanan McGuire

For all of them told happenings like narrations, chronological and careful, as if the ear of the world listened and wished to know surely. — Eudora Welty

A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just because I have a lot of old-fashion values. — Steven Spielberg

I have also been saddened, though hardly surprised, by the weakness of the EU's reaction to the criminal attack on the Danish embassy in Syria, which seems to have been permitted, if not actively encouraged, by the Syrian regime. — Timothy Garton Ash

(She cupped his face in her palms.) They were so close now that his features lost distinction and all she could see was the feeling she had for him. — Rachel Joyce

My personal favourite is Jeff Beck. All the others are wonderful as well. — Noel Redding

At the end of October 4 in 1957, when I was coming back from sea duty in the South Pacific, Sputnik went up. I realized that humans would be right behind robot aircraft or spacecraft even though I really had no plans of being in aviation or a professional aviator and certainly not in the military. — Edgar Mitchell