Mouldering Mansion Quotes & Sayings

How did they feel so secure without anything to fall back upon? I believe they drew sustenance from within. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

It is my dearest wish to help young artists of our country ... and to assist them in establishing themselves in the art world. — Louis Comfort Tiffany

Reliance is the ultimate measure of a team's or organization's culture. It's not 'Would I recommend a friend to work here?' It's 'Would this group of people put their ass on the line for me?' And 'Would I do the same for them? — Bill Jensen

There are people I've blocked for a long time who will still respond to every single person that replies positively to me on Twitter. I have quite a few cyber-stalkers like that. — Anita Sarkeesian

The Stones can get out there and do it till they're old men. But certain groups are sad-looking to me. — Toni Tennille

Give the slave the least elevation of religious sentiment, and he is not slave: you are the slave: he not only in his humility feels his superiority, feels that much deplored condition of his to be a fading trifle, but he makes you feel it too. He is the master. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Right now, I could do with a little less "Carter, I need you to" and a little more, "Carter, do what you need to do." Hell, maybe even a little, "Carter, do you need help? — Nyrae Dawn

Use it, Rosie, that's what it's there for. — Bruce Springsteen

Some people write string quartets, some grow lettuce and tomatoes. There have to be a few who build railroad stations, — Haruki Murakami

For me, you say the words 'concept record,' and the first thing I think of is theater or the opera or something. — Chester Bennington

I think it is very important that I should have a talk with you as soon as possible on a highly secret matter. I mentioned it to you shortly after you took office but have not urged it since on account of the pressure you have been under. — Henry L. Stimson

Can I see it yet?"
Gina shook her head with wide eyes. "Not until it's done. I hate letting anyone see my work until it's finished.
"Why?" A curious glint twinkled from his eyes.
"Uh, uh. I don't know," she stammered. "It's not ready to be seen. Naked, I guess. Unfinished."
"I let you hear a few chords of my music. Unfinished." His voice dropped to a dangerously sexy tone. "Naked. — Lisa Carlisle

The smartest people are constantly revising their understanding, reconsidering a problem they thought they'd already solved. They're open to new points of view, new information, new ideas, contradictions, and challenges to their own way of thinking. — Jeff Bezos

Many twentysomethings assume life will come together quickly after thirty, and maybe it will. But it is still going to be a different life. We imagine that if nothing happens in our twenties then everything is still possible in our thirties. We think that by avoiding decisions now, we keep all of our options open for later - but not making choices is a choice all the same. — Meg Jay