Nancy Wexler Quotes & Sayings

Not love, maybe not even affection, but something a degree or two beyond basic concern. — Kiera Cass

Whenever I have to do something, I try to minimise the time it takes me to do it. I just cannot wait. — Sebastian Vettel

I had to be an adult, be a father without a son, so for one last moment I needed to be a son who needed his mother. — Ruth Ahmed

The fires pool and strut; they flow up the sides of the ramparts like tides; they splash into alleys, over rooftops, through a carpark. Smoke chases dust; ash chases smoke. A newsstand floats, burning. — Anthony Doerr

Well, you have children so you know: little children little troubles, big children, big troubles - it's a saying in Yiddish. Maybe the Chinese said it too. — Grace Paley

We have run out of creativity for children and teachers alike in the name of pushing up standards. — Shirley Williams

The mind is the foundation for the next life. The foundation of the body will diminish [in this life itself]. — Dada Bhagwan

People really in the meat grinder of the front lines are not, for the most part, insured or salaried network correspondents. They're young freelancers. They're kind of a cheap date for the news industry. — Sebastian Junger

I have made so many mistakes but I have learned a lot and I'm confident to say - he who never made a mistake never made any discovery — Bernard Kelvin Clive

The standard you should apply in deciding whether or not to have an active relationship with him is the same one you should apply to all the relationships in your life: you will not be mistreated or disrespected or manipulated. — Cheryl Strayed

I wonder, now - yes, why not - unusual combination - holly and phoenix feather, eleven inches, nice and supple. — J.K. Rowling

When, as today, there is a market in human organs, when fetuses are produced to make spare organs available, or to make progress in research and preventive medicine, many regard the human content of these practices as implicit. But the contempt for man that underlies it, when man is used and abused, leads
like it or not
to a descent into hell. — Pope Benedict XVI

The closer the genetic relationship of the family members, as for example father-to-son, as opposed to uncle-to-nephew, the higher the degree of cooperation. — E. O. Wilson

It is a sense you do not possess, and hence I cannot explain it to you," she added condescendingly. "Imagine trying to explain a sense of smell to someone who had none. What sounds like an arbitrary, almost mystic ability is no different from smelling apple blossoms in the dark. — Robin Hobb

For such a strong, physically intimidating guy, he was so freaking soft. So playful, so generous with affection. So everything I wanted. And everything I didn't think I could handle. — Laurel Ulen Curtis