Parenthetically Cite Quotes & Sayings

While 2015 was challenging, we implemented many strategic and operational initiatives to improve our business and better position J.Crew for the future. — Mickey Drexler

But it seems to me that once you begin a gesture it's fatal not to go through with it. — John Updike

Of course there's pressure, and it's still there with every book. Each one is harder to write than the last, basically because you're always trying to write a better book. You won't always succeed, of course, but that has to be what you're shooting for. — Mark Billingham

Some people look at a picture for thirty seconds, some for years. It doesn't really matter because a picture is like life. You take out of life as much as you are able to take out of life, just as you take out of a picture as much as you can take out of a picture ... — Oliviero Toscani

I think that most technology is positive in the short term, and negative in the long term. I wonder, if somebody looked back at the 20th and 21st centuries a thousand years from now, what their perception of the car would be. Or of television. I wonder if over time, they'll be seen as this thing that drove the culture, but ultimately had more downside than upside. — Chuck Klosterman

I like the way men cry. They're efficient. — Kaui Hart Hemmings

The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as necessary as a tenor or a prima donna. — Giuseppe Verdi

All education is self-education," said Noxon. "And all self-education builds on the foundation provided by your teachers. — Orson Scott Card

But also remember: if you have any genuine feelings, hide them like treasure; never let anyone so much as suspect them, or you're lost. Instead of being the executioner, you'll be the victim. And if you ever fall in love, keep that absolutely secret! Never breathe a word until you're completely sure of the person to whom you open your heart. And to protect that love, even before you feel it, learn to despise the world. — Honore De Balzac

But the worst enemy you can encounter will always be yourself. — Friedrich Nietzsche

He never sleeps."
"Never?"
Johnny takes the photo album from my lap, and opens it up. "Three or four hours a night, tops. I don't know - I never sat there and timed him. He's out almost every night, doing who the hell knows what."
"Hm." I give a little laugh before I climb to my feet. "Maybe he's Batman."
"I can totally see that. — Nicole Christie

The spinning wheel is a symbol of nonviolence for me. — Mahatma Gandhi