Lullaby For The Taken Quotes & Sayings

The Kouzes-Posner First Law of Leadership: If you don't believe in the messenger, you won't believe the message. Leaders — James M. Kouzes

Pretty much anything William Shatner is in is great. He's great at playing that 'I'm the only one sane in the world' character. — Lin-Manuel Miranda

at the height of the British slave trade, in the 1790s, one large slave vessel left England for Africa every other day. — Bernard Bailyn

True faith, by a mighty effort of the will, fixes its gaze on our Divine Helper, and there finds it possible and wise to lose its fears. It is madness to say, "I will not be afraid; "it is wisdom and peace to say, "I will trust and not be afraid. — Alexander MacLaren

Many individuals and organization units contribute to every large decision, and the very problem of centralization and decentralization is a problem of arranging the complex system into an effective scheme. — Herbert Simon

Sometime whispering's okay but maybe you'd feel better if you screamed today. — Kimya Dawson

It was the shame we knew so well, the shame that drowned us after the selections, and every time we had to watch, or submit to, some outrage: the shame that the Germans did not know, that the just man experiences at another man's crime; the feeling of guilt that such a crime should exist, that it should have been introduced irrevocably into the world of things that exist, and that his will for good should have proved too weak or null, and should not have availed in defense. — Primo Levi

There are times when sympathy is as necessary as the air we breathe. — Rose Pastor Stokes

The expensive ones are for Starz. No. We decided, as part of our Encore strategy, to broaden and strengthen and help focus the Encore plexus by adding original programming. — Chris Albrecht

After that there was silence for a while, only the sound of the shovel biting into the earth and the hissing splatter of the loose dirt.
They stood him up, his back to the well.
In the dark, desperate sky, just above the scalloped line the treetops made, three stars formed a pleading little constellation. No one looked at them, no one cared. This was the time for death, not the time for mercy.
("The Number's Up") — Cornell Woolrich

I'm probably a bit of a cheeky grandson like my brother as well. We both tend to take the mickey a bit much. — Prince William

Life and families and babies are all joyous gifts. But if we do not begin to truly account for our numbers, we will surely create an ecological crisis that will only lead to anguish and despair. — Jason Alexander

If we teach only the findings and products of science - no matter how useful and even inspiring they may be - without communicating its critical method, how can the average person possibly distinguish science from pseudoscience? — Carl Sagan

Shall I loose you from your cage?"
The words, laden with sensual promise, weakened her. He was offering her all the adventure and excitement she'd ever wanted- the things she could not commit to her list, could not admit to herself, even in her most personal of moments. How could she refuse?
She nodded her assent.
It was all he needed.
He slowly unraveled the long, linen bindings, pushing away her hands as she reached to help him. "No," he said, his voice full of promise and possessiveness, "you are my gift. I shall unwrap you. — Sarah MacLean

Strange how a tiny hand could make the weight of his new responsibilities feel like a boulder on his chest. — Margaret Mallory

Suki is the nation's ideal girlfriend, a woman for whom bubbliness is a way of life, verging on a disorder. — David Nicholls