Prestiges Quotes & Sayings

It is never prudent to bury our heads in the sand when in distress or faced with adversity; to place our hands over our eyes in a feeble attempt to hide from the inevitable. — Carlos Wallace

How you gather, manage and use intel in life determines whether you win or lose. That's the # 1 rule for the mavericks in business. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

Come and see my coaching certificates - they're called the European Cup and league championships, — Brian Clough

You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days. — Kahlil Gibran

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple. — Rebecca West

Here is my room, in the yellow lamplight and the space heater rumbling: Indian rug red as Cochise's blood, a desk with seven mystic drawers, a chair covered in material as velvety blue-black as Batman's cape, an aquarium holding tiny fish so pale you could see their hearts beat, the aforementioned dresser covered with decals from Revell model airplane kits, a bed with a quilt sewn by a relative of Jefferson Davis's, a closet, and the shelves, oh, yes, the shelves. The troves of treasure. On those shelves are stacks of me: hundreds of comic books- Justice League, Flash, Green Lantern, Batman, the Spirit, Blackhawk, Sgt. Rock and Easy Company, Aquaman, and the Fantastic Four ... The shelves go on for miles and miles. My collection of marbles gleams in a mason jar. My dried cicada waits to sing again in the summer. My Duncan yo-yo that whistles except the string is broken and Dad's got to fix it. — Robert McCammon

Every book title becomes infinitely better if 'in your pants' or 'from your pants' is added to the title. — John Green

Asking anyone what she or he is reading is a necessary part of conversation, exchanging news. So I take recommendations from friends - and I always pass along a book I've loved. — Marianne Wiggins

Even before coming into the industry, I was a big fan of Motown, the Jackson 5, Gladys Knight, the Temptations, Diana Ross and The Supremes. — Stephanie Mills

Magic is that which it is; it is by itself, like the mathematics; for it is the exact and absolute science of Nature and its laws . Magic is the science of the Ancient Magi: and the Christian religion, which has imposed silence on the lying oracles, and put an end to the prestiges of the false Gods , itself reveres those Magi who came from the East, guided by a Star , to adore the Saviour of the world in His cradle. — Albert Pike

he - I do wish somebody would think up a new collective pronoun - — Charlotte MacLeod

The Nobel is a ticket to one's own funeral. No one has ever done anything after he got it. — T. S. Eliot

Families are always rising and falling in America. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

Innocence of eye has a quality of its own. It means to see as a child sees, with freshness and acknowledgment of the wonder; it also means to see as an adult sees who has gone full circle and once again sees as a child - with freshness and an even deeper sense of wonder. — Minor White

Who knows you more ... your friend or your enemy? It's your enemy that pursues with passion while your friend engages at leisure. — Donna Lynn Hope