Portolani Quotes & Sayings

The Russians have a weapon that can wipe out two hundred eighty thousand Americans. That puts them exactly ten years behind Howard Cosell. — Red Smith

During the intensive rocket bombing of London in World War II, it was generally believed that the bombing could not be random because a map of the hits revealed conspicuous gaps. Some suspected that German spies were located in the unharmed areas. A careful statistical analysis revealed that the distribution of hits was typical of a random process - and typical as well in evoking a strong impression that it was not random. "To the untrained eye," Feller remarks, "randomness appears as regularity or tendency to cluster. — Daniel Kahneman

Surprise was their greatest weapon. He didn't want to give it up without a very good reason. — Terry Goodkind

Now Darkstripe,' Graypaw hissed to Firepaw under his breath, 'is neither young, nor pretty. — Erin Hunter

Don't go through life, grow though life — Eric Butterworth

Some people drift through life...

Not me.

I prefer to drive.

Blazing through hell at a hundred miles an hour — Lor K.

Sex was absolutely not allowed to be scheduled, at least not by explicit discussion, but I had become familiar with the sequence of events likely to precipitate it: a blueberry muffin from Blue Sky Bakery, a triple shot of espresso from Otha's, removal of my shirt, and my impersonation of Gregory Peck in the role of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. — Graeme Simsion

The spark divine dwells in thee: let it grow. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Now I knew why I had been hollowed out, why my insides were chipped away with a chisel and mallet. It was to make room for this new feeling, this love that was so vast, so expansive it could not have fit into the vessel I once was. — Lang Leav

If you take out the team in teamwork, it's just work. Now who wants that? — Matthew Woodring Stover

Hospitality knows no gender or race. — Danny Meyer

What do you want to write? What gets your goat? What irks you to no length? If you could change the world with words, what would they be? — Lori Lesko

What are you doing?" she cried in protest.
"Playing," he said, the single word rough, almost guttural. — Linda Howard

We don't perceive a contradiction between writing books, making films or producing a television program. These days you can't choose how you want to express yourself anymore. — Alexander Kluge