Losing Luster Quotes & Sayings

A rainy day is the perfect time for a walk in the woods. — Rachel Carson

Charm is the ability to insult people without offending them; nerdiness the reverse — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Tabloid discussion of bad children always blames baby-boomer liberals, careerist mothers and fashion-crazed Nathan Barley types who think it's all enormously funny. But the centre-leftish psycho-thinker Oliver James says it's all down to the Thatcher-and-after culture of turbo-capitalism, making people acquisitive and unsatisfied. — Peter York

Most good writing is clear, vigorous, honest, alive, sensuous, appropriate, unsentimental, rhythmic, without pretension, fresh, metaphorical, evocative in sound, economical, authoritative, surprising, memorable, and light. — Ken Macrorie

Finally, in the Mississippi state Senate, earmarks are often hidden in bond bills, which I have voted against many times, because our bonded indebtedness is too high and we simply can't afford it. For example, building museums in the middle of a recession makes little sense. — Chris McDaniel

Your life works to the degree you keep your agreements. — Werner Erhard

If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished. — Richard M. Nixon

I've always wanted to design a home collection line because growing up, I was obsessed with reorganizing my room. — Bethany Mota

When your views are truly contrarian, they are inevitably uncomfortable. Courage and the ability to withstand pain are required, — Michael Steinhardt