Motter Quotes & Sayings

I've always been suspicious of the assumption that great intelligence would be an unqualified benefit - that the madness that so often accompanies it can be cavalierly dismissed. So I asked the question: Suppose there were an entire subpopulation of extreme geniuses, well beyond anything that would occur naturally. What would that really look like? — Andrew M. Ryan

I don't know who had the training of you," he continued doggedly, "but your morals are shocking. You spent a night in my bed, remember, after a night in a bawdy house. You go about collecting street urchins and letting inebriated vagabonds kiss you, and then you get into brawls in pawnshops. You are probably past all redemption, but I'm going to reform you anyhow. If you behave yourself, perhaps I'll let you reform me on occasion, but I make no promises. — Loretta Chase

I try to keep myself busy. I always hang out with my family and friends and my dogs. Go to the beach. Go swimming. Go get exercise. Go on a hike. — Colbie Caillat

I think a balanced team of men and women makes better decisions. That's one of the reasons why I was prepared to run for deputy leader. — Harriet Harman

We are all bits and pieces of history and literature and international law, Byron, Tom Paine, Machiavelli or Christ, it's here. And the hour's late. And the war's begun. And we are out here, and the city is there, all wrapped up in its own coat of a thousand colors. — Ray Bradbury

When we are out of sympathy with the young, then I think our work in this world is over. — George MacDonald

For fifty years now, we have tried big government. Yet too many people remain trapped in despair. Now, we must try a new way. — Marco Rubio

Begin each day with positive affirmations. — Lailah Gifty Akita

The biggest honor of my career was when I won R&B Artist of the Year back in the 1970s. I look at that as a major honor. — Daryl Hall

When we traded the results of our fantasies, it seemed to us-and rightly-that we had proceeded by unwarranted associations, by shortcuts so extraordinary that, if anyone had accused us of really believing them, we would have been ashamed. — Umberto Eco

Be mindful of your thoughts and words for they are the pen writing that which will manifest. — Sanjo Jendayi

Fuck what everybody else thinks. You're living for you, not them. — J.A. Redmerski

My favorite player would probably be Steve Yzerman. He played in Detroit. I really liked the way he played and the way he handled himself. — Sidney Crosby

Your choices of values and determining their priority precedes your goal setting — Sunday Adelaja