Moyars Quotes & Sayings

He had not joined in on the laughter or even on the beating. Violence of any sort horrified him. Nevertheless, he stood by while Mike, their leader, drove a boot down on Joe's hand. The hideous cracking sound of breaking bones came into his mind and a helpless shudder ran through him. Joe, whose high piercing scream against the autumn skies of indifference, replayed in his memory with shrill agony. Several times, he had shouted: "He's had enough! Let up on him!" Which earned him looks of contempt from the others. They had left the kid there, screaming in that back alley. He remembered trying to drown those screams out of his mind. — Jaime Allison Parker

Designers shouldn't design for museums any more than mummies should die for them. — Ralph Caplan

Grief can be a slow ache that never seems to stop rising, yet as we grieve, those we love mysteriously become more and more a part of who we are. — Mark Nepo

It's one of the most validating things you can do for a product is go out there and get them to commit to pay you up front. — Emmett Shear

You wagered you could indulge passion and receive trust and honor in return, and lost. — Julie Anne Long

Henson had never spoken to me about Kermit, but he had spoken to Frank Oz about the idea of me doing the character if he became too busy. I felt flattered. — Steve Whitmire

A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. — George R R Martin

So given a Time-Turner, I'd tell my 21 self that personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition or archievement. Your qualifications, your CV, are not your life. — J.K. Rowling

When consuming goods rather than satisfying work becomes the focus of our culture, we have created (or acquieced in) a society of permanent adolescents. — Susan Neiman

Originally, I thought English was more my home. But Spanish is so much more romantic. I've had to learn new phrases. I've had to learn to be more secure about singing in Spanish. But I'm working on it. — La India

We do not dwell in the Palace of Truth. But, as was mentioned to me not long since, "There is a time coming when all things shall be found out." I am not so sanguine myself, believing that the well in which Truth is said to reside is really a bottomless pit. — Oliver Heaviside

An important mark of a good leader [is] to know you don't know it all and never will. — Anne M. Mulcahy

Ringo: 'I had no schooling before I joined The Beatles and no schooling after The Beatles. Life is a great education. — Ringo Starr

When we first met and loved, I did not build Upon the event with marble ... — Elizabeth Barrett Browning

I don't disagree with ending Congress' retirement program. I'm a governor; I don't have a retirement program in my state, and I don't disagree with that. — Chris Christie