Newsnight Keira Quotes & Sayings

Master Stanley used to tell me that what I was doing was nowhere near as important as the place within myself from where I was doing it. For example, a person could be teaching others out of a selfless motive, or out of a desire for power or glory: the former had a positive impact on the world, whereas the latter had a negative impact, even though the same identical teaching may have been imparted. "It's the spirit that's important," he would say. "It's even more important than the act. Going to work in a gas station and providing for your family out of love is more important than creating a mighty religious work out of a desire for glory or power. — Thom Hartmann

There is the greatest practical benefit in making a few failures early in life. — Thomas Henry Huxley

sarcastic. It was a crack at him being old school and set in his ways. The Metro was new — Michael Connelly

Welcome to the free world. We give people the power to choose. They can even choose the wrong thing. Beautiful, isn't it? — Lauren Oliver

Never in her life had this silly feeling of being enhanced by what she had put on herself. — Alice Munro

Why did you hide? Did they make fun of you?"
I shook my head. "No. They ignored me. I think I hid because hiding made it my choice. You can't be ignored if no one can see you. — Penny Reid

Fred wasn't convinced, telling Charlie that such a service would never work and that other companies that had tried to make Twitter-like products had all failed. — Nick Bilton

But that shadow self of hers wasn't so sure. The ugly, toxic thought was smaller than a drop of blood, yet it poisoned the entire stream. — Kristin Hannah

As she lifted the glittering strand of diamonds from the box, a small slip of paper fell out. She caught it as it wafted toward the floor. Four words in ancient script, an arrogantly slanted scrawl.
Accept these, accept me.
Well, she thought, blinking, that was
certainly direct and to the point.
-Adam's note to Gabrielle — Karen Marie Moning

I'd be happy if people said that I did a little bit to raise the dignity and recognition of the greatness of African-American music. — Ahmet Ertegun

Did Google need to make robot cars in order to make Streetview work? Absolutely not. It's the equivalent of saying you need a walking robot in order to push an upright vacuum cleaner. It's gratuitous robotics! — Colin Angle