Partway Merriam Webster Quotes & Sayings

Warren Cox, God knew, was no prize; a commercial person, a sales person, the kind of man who said things like "x numbers of dollars". At lunch today, laboriously trying to explain some business procedure, he had said "x number of dollars" three times. — Richard Yates

Hmm what wine is this love thing that your species has, not necessary even on a good day, but like a mob of maniac limpets you cling to it. — Steve Merrick

I got my dog back, in African-American language, your dog means your passion, your fire. — Deion Sanders

God has taken care of me, and mother dear has taken care of me, too. All my life. — Barbara Lynn

You usually find me writing what I like to think of as intelligent summer action and genre films. — Max Landis

Being detached means recognizing our emotions as what they are: clouds, sunbursts, weather. They pass. So rather than feed on my anger or sadness, rolling about in it like a pig in its own filth, I see that it is weather, and know that in time it will pass — Suzanne Morrison

I think we're in the time when the metaphysical world is so interesting. — Alyssa Milano

Security has no place in the life of an actress. — Claire Bloom

A very terrifying aspect of our society, and other societies, is the equanimity and the detachment with which sane, reasonable, sensible people can observe [war and human suffering]. I think that's more terrifying than the occasional Hitler ... or other that crop up - these people would not able to operate were it not for this apathy and equanimity - and therefore I think that it is in some sense the sane and reasonable and tolerant people who should share a very serious burden of guilt, that they very easily throw on the shoulders of others who seem more extreme and more violent. — Noam Chomsky

Among some people arrogance supplies the place of grandeur, inhumanity of decision, and roguery of intelligence. — Jean De La Bruyere

Perhaps people who don't value other people's time are actually reflecting a misunderstanding they have themselves; that of not giving appropriate value to their own time. — Innocent Mwatsikesimbe

I wasn't born with a natural talent for songwriting. — Natalie Imbruglia

Know the values, current projects, and aspirations of each person in your tribe. Use Reid Hoffman's "theory of small gifts" to build your relationship with people in your tribe as preparation for triading. Form a triad by introducing two people to each other on the basis of current projects and shared values. — Dave Logan

Self-control is the only possible road to character development — Dennis Prager