Lourds Lane Quotes & Sayings

Until the rise of American advertising, it never occurred to anyone anywhere in the world that the teenager was a captive in a hostile world of adults. — Gore Vidal

Bird, don't sound so crushed. The fact that I had never had sex before can only have been significant for me, if it had any meaning at all-it had nothing to do with you. — Kenzaburo Oe

The path to mediocrity is wide; the path to greatness is narrow, and the path to genius is hidden; few find it. — Matshona Dhliwayo

We have little power to choose what happens, but we have complete power over how we respond. — Arianna Huffington

If you look at the media coverage and surfing magazines, the one thing that really stands out is how hard it is to find a photo of a girl in a magazine unless it's an ad. It's kind of strange, still to this day. You see these great looking girls surfing so well that are amazingly talented ... They are finally the total package. — Lisa Andersen

One of the things particularly admirable in the public utterances of President Lincoln is a certain tone of familiar dignity, which, while it is perhaps the most difficult attainment of mere style, is also no doubtful indication of personal character. There must be something essentially noble in an elective ruler who can descend to the level of confidential ease without forfeiting respect, something very manly in one who can break through the etiquette of his conventional rank and trust himself to the reason and intelligence of those who have elected him. — James Russell Lowell

I feel like you only have so much time to make stuff. I'm definitely aware of that. I'm also excited about it. — Spike Jonze

Microsoft has built loyalty at the end-user level, including upper management, .. That works for a while in the early stages of a product, but after a couple of years the blush fades from the rose. It's reality versus marketing. — Murphy J. Foster Jr.