Marie Eugenie Milleret Quotes & Sayings

Older acquirers progress more quickly in early stages because they obtain more comprehensible input, while younger acquirers do better in the long run because of their lower affective filters. — Stephen D. Krashen

Where was I? in remarking that me is the envelopes and not nearly so much so, the often foolish letters inside. — Edward Gorey

I'm glad they gave women the right to vote, but sometimes I'm sorry they have the right to smoke. Most women are messy about it, particularly about their lipstick. I don't mind wiping lipstick off myself, but I hate seeing it on cigarettes, napkins and coffee cups! I don't like women with all their beauty machinery showing-curlers, cold cream, mascara brushes. I'd even prefer to not see a woman touch up her lipstick, but I guess that's expecting too much. — Kirk Douglas

A person in such a hurry seldom gets good results — Jon J. Muth

Everyone on the bus can laugh at me, and I'll be like, 'Screw you guys: I look good!' — Amy Lee

A good friend will find time on his calendar, a great friend never checks. — Jeffrey Fry

I delight in my family obligations, but they leave little time for breaks let alone quick trips across the country. — Carre Otis

They are achieving nothing, they are suffering from casualties. Those casualties are increasing, not decreasing — Mohammed Saeed Al-Sahaf

What the best fiction does is make powerful affirmations of familiar truths ... the trivial fiction which times filters out is that which either makes wrong affirmations or else makes affirmations in a squeaky little voice. Powerful affirmation comes from strong intellect and strong emotions supported by adequate technique. — John Gardner

But she won't let him finish his scolding; she'll throw her arms of water around his neck; she will show him her necklaces of small, blue shells, so tender they resemble children's eyelids as they sleep, and of hard shells that look like the teeth of killer fish. Or she'll tell him that god has made nature not only to look upon but also so that we may live in her, and that each person has his own wave, and won't he please choose his. — Elena Poniatowska

When there is a situation where one does not see demand for a year or two, then capex is suspended. It will reverse only when the situation improves. — Jamshyd Godrej

The Negro was freed and turned loose as a penniless, landless, naked, ignorant laborer. Ninety-nine per cent were field hands and servants of the lowest class. — W.E.B. Du Bois

Jesus is our strength, and what we cannot do or bear, He can both do and bear in us. — James Hudson Taylor

She was supportive, didn't pry or expect anything from me, and sensed when I needed my space. If she were a guy, I'd probably date her. Or, if I were a lesbian. And if she were a lesbian. I guess we'd both have to be lesbians for that to work. Regardless, she made a pretty great friend. — Temple West

I still do a lot of drawing on a daily basis. — Seth MacFarlane