Proudly Local Quotes & Sayings

I've occasionally been wrong about certain things, which is in a way more delightful than being right. — Jaron Lanier

As a man of the Congress, let me reaffirm my conviction that the collective wisdom of our two great legislative bodies, while not infallible, will in the end serve the people faithfully and very, very well. — Gerald R. Ford

I just write what comes along. I don't have a detailed master plan. — Christopher Buckley

Being overly sensitive to rejection can become a destructive virus. — Robert Herjavec

The net is not a net until it begins to work. Work your network today! — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

I glanced at Badly Drawn Jesus, then pulled the gun from my pocket. On Judgment Day, I'd be able to proudly state that when I thought the hordes of Hell were coming for a local girl, I stood ready to shoot at them with a small-caliber pistol. — David Wong

Naydir held his breath as he watched the person who had once been his friend move forward into the crowd. He wanted to run up to her and demand to know which side she was on, but he was rooted to the ground by fear. In a few seconds she would announce who had won the war and who had lost. Naydir prayed that he was on the winning side. — Ali House

I had no ambition when I was a kid other than to play guitar and get in a rock 'n' roll band. I don't really like to be the guy in the white suit at the front. Like in the Beatles, I was the one who kept quiet at the back and let the other egos be at the front. — George Harrison

Getting old is like standing in a long, slow line. You wake up out of the shuffle and torpor only at those moments when the line moves you one step closer to the window. — Wallace Stegner

Who could better motivate Bill Russell than Bill Russell? — Red Auerbach