Prefaced Cmu Quotes & Sayings

The ability to share whole scenes form our lives will be a valuable thing over time. — Mark Zuckerberg

Alcohol doesn't console, it doesn't fill up anyone's psychological gaps, all it replaces is the lack of God. It doesn't comfort man. On the contrary, it encourages him in his folly, it transports him to the supreme regions where he is master of his own destiny. — Marguerite Duras

Give me a thrill, says the reader,
Give me a kick;
I don't care how you succeed, or
What subject you pick. — Philip Larkin

You gotta stand up and walk, Gem," he said quietly, turning his back on them. "You have to walk out of here. Not just for them, but for yourself. Come on. You have to walk out of here on your own two feet."
So I did. — Alexandra Bracken

Let's see if I can synopsize our situation," he said. "I never give interviews. You want an interview. No, strike that. You need an interview, because the rabid jackal you work for has made it clear your job is on the line. Am I close?"
The sizzle receded to a tingle. "You're in the ballpark."
"I'm not just in the ballpark, babe. I'm Josh Beckett on the mound at Fenway. If I don't give you what you need, you're hiding behind palm trees waiting for drunk pop stars to pop out of their Wonderbras."
And that pretty much killed the last of the lingering tingle. "Payback's a bitch and all that, right, Joe?"
The dimples flashed. "Isn't it? — Shannon Stacey

One reason we never tame the busy this beast is that we are unwilling to kill anything. — Kevin DeYoung

But sons have to be soldiers. And soldiers adapt. — Alex Irvine

Everybody makes honest mistakes, but there's no such thing as an honest cover-up. — Price Pritchett

The truly terrible thing is that everybody has their reasons. — Jean Renoir

I want to prove myself. I don't even know what I can do, because no one's let me try. — Kit Rocha

Winning is neither everything nor the only thing. It is one of many things. — Joan Benoit

Of the many major problems with governing people is that of whom you get to do it; or rather of who manages to get people to let them do it to them. To — Douglas Adams

In all that enormous excitement of fighting spirit, only Oskan noticed that the terrible warlike figure of Redrought Strong-in-the-Arm Lindenshield, Bear of the North, Drinker of Blood was still wearing his fluffy slippers and that Primplepuss the kitten was peeping out of his shirt collar to see what all the noise was about. — Stuart Hill

Afghanistan, one of the most inconspicuous nations on earth. In 1946 it was just emerging from the bronze age, a land incredibly old, incredibly tied to an ancient past. At the embassy we used to say, Kabul today shows what Palestine was like at the time of Jesus. — James A. Michener

But that was the least of it. He knew the worst of her, and that was better. — Rebecca Scherm