Piereae Quotes & Sayings

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set. — Harold Macmillan

In the first instance, therefore, global terrorism created a kind of global community sharing a common fate, something we had previously considered impossible. — Ulrich Beck

Nothing is won without enthusiasm. — Winston Churchill

Well, you really made a mess of things,' he says. 'I'm not even done,' I tell him. — Suzanne Collins

In the preceding pages, to paraphrase the words of Auschwitz survivor, writer, and Nobel Prize recipient Elie Wiesel, we share Martin Small's personal journey not so that you will understand but so that you will know you can never understand. — Martin Small

Life tends to be an accumulation of a lot of mundane decisions, which often gets ignored. — David Byrne

And indeed, last week, the FBI executed a search warrant on my residence. This happened one day after my attorneys had left a message on the lead FBI investigator's voice mail confirming my continued readiness to answer questions and otherwise cooperate. — Steven Hatfill

I was about 28-29 when I wrote my first story, and that was called 'The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.' — Chris Van Allsburg

So the avenues we walk down,
full of bodies wearing faces,
are full of hidden talent:
enough to make pianos moan,
sidewalks split,
streetlights deliriously flicker. — Tony Hoagland

But I was also a brat. I used to belong to a gang that went looking for fights with other gangs. — Thomas Keneally