Pirkle Electric Quotes & Sayings

But I'd say my best boss was Tom Barr, who was a partner at Cravath, Swain & Moore in the 1960s. It's because I learned so much from him. — David Boies

O.K., then, all right, they would adopt a white-trash dog. Ha ha. They could name it Zeke, buy it a little corncob pipe and a straw hat. She imagined the puppy, having crapped on the rug, looking up at her, going, Cain't hep it. But no. Had she come from a perfect place? Everything was transmutable. She imagined the puppy grown up, entertaining some friends, speaking to them in a British accent: My family of origin was, um, rather not, shall we say, of the most respectable ...
Ha ha, wow, the mind was amazing, always cranking out these - — George Saunders

One of the many unintended consequences of the Anthropocene has been the pruning of our own family tree. Having cut down our sister species - the Neanderthals and the Denisovans - many generations ago, we're now working on our first and second cousins. By the time we're done, it's quite possible that there will be among the great apes not a single representative left, except, that is, for us. — Elizabeth Kolbert

Someday, hopefully very soon, 'diving within' as a preparation for learning and as a tool for developing the creative potential of the mind will be a standard part of every school's curriculum. — David Lynch

If you are in a spaceship that is traveling at the speed of light, and you turn on the headlights, does anything happen? — Steven Wright

I saw a human pyramid once. It was very unnecessary. — Mitch Hedberg

I believe that when you provide information to people, they become less fearful and they will engage more in their democracy if they are empowered with information. — Michael Moore

The junkie can never start to cure himself until he recognizes his true condition. — Malcolm X

An empty house can be as lonely as a full hotel" he said at length."The trouble is that it is less impersonal. — Daphne Du Maurier

I like the Indian casino names - Pechangas - Morongos. They all sound like women's breasts. — Ted L. Nancy

Where and how did my relationship with Kumiko go wrong? That's what I can't understand. Not that I'm saying everything was perfect until that point. A man and a woman in their twenties, with two distinct personalities, just happen to meet somewhere and start living together. There's not a married couple anywhere without their problems. But I thought we were doing OK, basically, that any little problems would solve themselves over time. But I was wrong. I was missing something big, making some kind of mistake on a really basic level, I suppose. — Haruki Murakami