Paukert And Troppmann Quotes & Sayings

He hadn't altogether gotten it himself until this moment of seeing straight through to the soul of her. — Rebecca Goldstein

I am glad that I was given the chance. I knew I could still play at a high level. — Kurt Warner

Many writing texts caution against asking friends to read your stuff, suggesting you're not apt to get a very unbiased opinion[.] ... It's unfair, according to this view, to put a pal in such a position. What happens if he/she feels he/she has to say, "I'm sorry, good buddy, you've written some great yarns in the past but this one sucks like a vacuum cleaner"?
The idea has some validity, but I don't think an unbiased opinion is exactly what I'm looking for. And I believe that most people smart enough to read a novel are also tactful enough to find a gentler mode of expression than "This sucks." (Although most of us know that "I think this has a few problems" actually means "This sucks," don't we?) — Stephen King

People still come to Baltimore and say, "I didn't realize you made documentaries." — John Waters

Give them the right lie and they'll believe it. — Anthony Ryan

In places like South Afghanistan, where cultural norms prevent men from entering homes, female vaccinators often make the difference between a closed or opened door. — Ksenia Solo

No that I'm fat, but since the images that society forces down our throats these days tell us that if you aren't built like stick with boobs (bee sting size), then you are not skinny, but I am a healthy kind of curvy. I've always said that I was just born in the wrong century, cause back then? I would have been the shit! — J.M. Stone

If all poor people refused to fight, he argued, the rich would have no army and there would be no war. — Mark Kurlansky

The first generation of CDs sounded terrible. Any chance to remaster would make the music sound better than what was already out there. — Lou Reed

I have always adored Mahler, and Mahler was a major influence on the music of the Beatles. John and me used to sit and do the Kindertotenlieder and Wunderhorn for hours, we'd take turns singing and playing the piano. We thought Mahler was gear. — Paul McCartney

There are persons who are never easy unless they are putting your books and papers in order
that is, according to their notions of the matter
and hide things lest they should be lost, where neither the owner nor anybody else can find them. This is a sort of magpie faculty. If anything is left where you want it, it is called litter. There is a pedantry in housewifery, as well as in the gravest concerns. Abraham Tucker complained that whenever his maid servant had been in his library, he could not see comfortably to work again for several days. — William Hazlitt

I'd rather have two good friends, than 500,000 admirers. — E. E. Cummings