Nonstarter Quotes & Sayings

The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends. — Abraham Lincoln

During holiday parties when people used to ask me what I did for a living, I would tell them I sold resort timeshares. That was an effective conversational nonstarter, until I met someone that actually did sell resort timeshares. — Dean Karnazes

The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery. — Upton Sinclair

It's inevitable that if you do okay on something like that you don't just annoy people, that it will make a difference because it seemed like such a lot of people so, yes I would have to say that it has done. — Jo Brand

Few things hurt more than doubt creeping into a life of conviction.
Go back to the last sure knowledge you have - the last revelation you know to be true and stand your ground. Stand firm and wait.
The Universe will send you aid and clarity.
Even if you can't see it at first. — Jaime Buckley

Will's face turned grave. "Be careful with it, though. It's six hundred years old and the only copy of its kind. Losing or damaging it is punishable by death under the Law."
Tessa thrust the book away from her as if it were on fire. "You can't be serious."
"You're right. I'm not." Will leapt down from the ladder and landed lightly in front of her. "You do believe everything I say, though, don't you? Do I seem unusually trustworthy to you, or are you just a naive sort? — Cassandra Clare

The root of all steadfastness is in consecration to God. — Alexander MacLaren

You have me Shaw, any way you need me, any way you want me, you have me. — Jay Crownover

It is predicated on the assumption that you dislike what you are doing during the most physically capable years of your life. This is a nonstarter - nothing can justify that sacrifice. — Timothy Ferriss

She's a devil in disguise, I can tell by looking in her eyes, little Miss Strange. — Jimi Hendrix

To be allowed for the first time in your later career to play leading parts in extremely popular movies is not a situation to worry about. — Ian McKellen

I have just learned a delicious French usage. On wedding invitations when they say the mass is at noon they mean one o'clock -when they say at noon precise they mean half after twelve - and when they say at very precisely noon they mean noon. — Alice B. Toklas

Back in high school I told my dad, "I'm going to have a computer someday."
And he said that it cost as much as a house-the downpayment on a house.
And I said, "Well, I'll live in an apartment." — Steve Wozniak

Life is too short to be anything but happy. — Abhysheq Shukla

I have always had this view about the modern education system: we pay attention to brain development, but the development of warmheartedness we take for granted. — Dalai Lama

If you truly don't have competition, then zoom out until you can define some. Competition can be as simple as the reliance on the status quo, Microsoft (since at some point Microsoft will compete with everyone for everything), or researchers in universities. Pick something, because saying you have no competition at all is a nonstarter. — Guy Kawasaki