Marcantonio Del Quotes & Sayings

What has always made our country special is that it doesn't matter where you come from; it matters where you're going. Our job is to make certain the pathways are open to both our boys and our girls. — Condoleezza Rice

Hopes are but the dreams of those that wake. — Matt Prior

I made a conscious effort to make a record that would affect people in a good way rather than the last one, which affected people in a bad way. — Daniel Johns

Her good weight was 150 pounds, and 178 pounds was her top. Consequently, Brenda had three different sets of clothes hanging in her closet, labeled GOOD, MEDIUM and FAT AS A HOG. — Fannie Flagg

There's nothing worse than misplaced optimism. — Charlie Cole

Miracles are just formal requests, Shara thinks wildly. It's like having a form preprinted and filled out and handing it in to get exactly what you want! But you don't always have to do it that way! You can make it up as you go along, so long as you do it right! — Robert Jackson Bennett

When I had no work and all this time on my hands, I couldn't get a date. Now that I have women banging on my door, I have no time to answer it. — Scott Wolf

What barrier is so insurmountable as silence? — Marcel Proust

I think the best thing, if you can't get an air-tight deal with every "I" dotted and every "t" crossed is let the next president have a chance to deal with the Iranians. — Lindsey Graham

If you want big improvements, she said, chew gum. Gum? Sure enough, chewing gum has been shown to improve a person's immediate recall of learned words by some 24 percent. Long-term recall improves by a larger 36 percent. To get the benefit, you actually have to chew gum as you are studying; for some reason you can't merely move your jaw up and down. I also discovered that drinking sage tea increases one's recall of words modestly, as does the odor of rosemary. Something as mundane as coffee provides a benefit, too. Drinking two cups of coffee increases neuronal activity in the frontal lobe, where working memory is controlled, and in the anterior cingulum, where attention is controlled. — Michael Erard