Phonograph Needles Quotes & Sayings

Every beginning is difficult, holds in all sciences. — Karl Marx

Now that we are, as you say, 'in the same boat,' would it not be wise for us to have another conference ... and the sooner the better. — Winston Churchill

If a general shows confidence in his men but always insists on his orders being obeyed, the gain will be mutual. — Sun Tzu

Inexhaustible ... our capacity to exempt from mercy those who look different or pray to a different God. — Barack Obama

I object to publishers: the one service they have done me is to teach me to do without them. They combine commercial rascality with artistic touchiness and pettishness, without being either good business men or fine judges of literature. — George Bernard Shaw

No matter what that makes elastic - sharply, intellectually and sincerely, keep at bay it as noxious waste. — Swami Vivekananda

Always-
the sharp,
plaintive edge
on the rim
of the spoon
of my giving.
(lines 8-13 of the poem 'Confessions') — Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno

When you marry you marry the known and unknown man or woman — Ikechukwu Joseph

I've got to tell you right out of the chute, Ryan Howard, to me, is very interested in my input in his hitting. To me that makes me really feel good. We've chatted over the years about hitting. — Mike Schmidt

Like Petrach's, my books know infinitely more than I do, and I'm grateful that they even tolerate my presence. At times I feel that I abuse the privilege. — Alberto Manguel

Character is revealed through action. — Aristotle.

Me truthful... you mendacious.. !! — Abhijeet Sawant

In America my mother has eyes as strong as boulders, never once skittering off a face, but she has not learned to place decorations and phonograph needles, nor has she stopped seeing land on the other side of the oceans. Now her eyes include the relatives in China, as they once included my father smiling and smiling in his many western outfits, a different one for each photograph that he sent from America. (1983: 59) — Maxine Hong Kingston

I'd be staring at you and thinking, I should ask, I should ask, I should ask; do you want to be in a stable monogamous relationship for the rest of your life? — Sachin Kundalkar

It's strange how can lose things that are still right there. How a barrier can go up at any moment, trapping you on the other side, keeping you from what you want. How the things that hurt the most are things we once had. — Robyn Schneider

This place is crazy, B. You'll develop testicles just by breathing the air here. — L.J. Shen