Reissmann Evelyn Quotes & Sayings

James Edward Oliver might have been one of the great mathematicians of his time had he not been absolutely wanting in the power of continuous work. — Simon Newcomb

The right man can make a good job out of any job. — William Feather

I felt in my bones; first, that this world does not explain itself. It may be a miracle with a supernatural explanation; it may be a conjuring trick, with a natural explanation. But the explanation of the conjuring trick, if it is to satisfy me, will have to be better than the natural explanations I have heard. The thing is magic, true or false. Second, I came to feel as if magic must have a meaning, and meaning must have some one to mean it. There was something personal in the world, as in a work of art; whatever it meant it meant violently. Third, I thought this
purpose beautiful in its old design, in spite of its defects, such as dragons. — G.K. Chesterton

The thing that I have done throughout my life is to do the best job that I can and to be me. — Mae Jemison

Once upon a time, I'd come close to being killed in the big trash bin outside. This counts as nostalgia for someone like me (p. 317).
Kinsey Millhone in V is for Vengeance — Sue Grafton

The little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush as produces little effect after much labour. — Jane Austen

When you are present, when your attention is fully in the Now, Presence will flow into and transform what you do. There will be a quality and power in it. You are present when what you are doing is not primarily a means to an end (money, prestige, winning) but fulfilling in itself, when there is joy and aliveness in what you do. — Eckhart Tolle

Except that now, for having accused Ravi of an unspecified crime he hadn't committed, I was as good as dead. In years subsequent, when he was in the mood to terrorize me, he would whisper to me, Just wait till we're alone. You're the next goat! — Yann Martel

The simple-minded always look for something - if it's not pornography, it's DVDs or the Internet or video games - but I don't think there's anything inherently evil about Facebook. — David Fincher

I can get whatever I want to eat and when you, you know, you forget to eat you sometimes pick up fast food. — Star Jones

When I was a child, there were not that many vaccines. I was vaccinated for polio. I actually got measles as a child. I got pertussis, whooping cough. I remember that very well. — Anthony Fauci

When a man picks up a gun he picks up responsibility. He has a dangerous weapon, and he'd better have coolness and discretion ... He'd better have judgment. That other man who wears a gun also has a family, a home, he has hopes, dreams, ambitions. If you're human, you must think of that. Nobody in his right mind takes a human life lightly. — Louis L'Amour

Of course WE never had to do nude scenes. I'm glad, too, because I'm susceptible to pneumonia. — Irene Dunne

I don't think you're going to need me when you jump this time." Alex looked straight at me. "This time, I think you're going to fly. — G.J. Walker-Smith

People who live in glass houses should shut the fuck up. — Ernest Cline