Nostale Private Quotes & Sayings

Pete Rose is too rich a character to fit on a bronze plaque. He requires a good, trenchant, poignant (ah, Petey) book, and this is it. — Roy Blount Jr.

When I mention somebody, that doesn't necessarily mean that I identify with him, personally or poetically. I'm extremely happy when I encounter poets who are different than I am. The ones who have their own distinct poetics provide me with the greatest experiences. — Wislawa Szymborska

Transitions from clientelism have often involved leaders from different parties colluding against the entire class of brokers. — Susan C. Stokes

I am heartbroken, but I have been heartbroken before, and this might be the best for which I can hope. — Lemony Snicket

That whole summer in Colorado was a data-gathering bust, but it taught me the most important thing I know about science: that experiments are not about getting the world to do what you want it to do. While tending to my wounds that fall, I shaped a new and better goal out of the debris of the disaster. I would study plants in a new way - not from the outside, but from the inside. I would figure out why they did what they did and try to understand their logic, which must serve me better than simply defaulting to my own, I decided. Every — Hope Jahren

One should always avoid unnecessary unhappiness. Especially if one is an immortal. They taught us that in school. — Kage Baker

Public education is the key civil rights issue of the 21st century. Our nation's knowledge-based economy demands that we provide young people from all backgrounds and circumstances with the education and skills necessary to become knowledge workers. If we don't, we run the risk of creating an even larger gap between the middle class and the poor. This gap threatens our democracy, our society and the economic future of America. — Eli Broad

Women need to feel loved and men need to feel needed. — Rita Mae Brown

Amazing how a confluence of praise and lust can just make your defensive barriers collapse like Jell-O on a hot stove — Dan Skinner

If I didn't have kids, I would be at the theater or the ballet every single night of my life. — Sarah Jessica Parker

But life's joys are only joys if they can be shared. — Ravi Zacharias