Renato Rosaldo Quotes & Sayings

In Asia, a lot of successful economies that had been living on their own saving, decided to open up their financial markets to international capital in the early 1990s. So here were countries doing quite well, but they decided they'd borrow a bit more and do even better. — Jeffrey Sachs

Sexier than a silk teddy. — Laurell K. Hamilton

Meet the New World, same as the Old World. — T. Geronimo Johnson

But what is worse, smelling the roast and not feasting, or not smelling the roast at all? — Garth Stein

Constancy in a man is rare. — Catherine Cookson

A traveler's most interesting meals tend to happen by surprise. — David Dale

There has to be some limit to what lawyers can take from their clients. Otherwise, cagey attorneys end up with the lion's share of the settlement and the victims end up with little more than scraps. — Dennis Hastert

The arts have a development which comes not only from the individual but also from a whole acquired force, the civilization which precedes us. One cannot do just anything. A talented artist cannot do whatever he pleases. If he only used his gifts, he would not exist. We are not the masters of what we produce. It is imposed on us. — Henri Matisse

Trust in God.
Do your duty.
Remember your prayers.
Get faith in the Lord, and take hold and build up Zion.
All will be right. — Wilford Woodruff

You are Alayne, and you must be Alayne all the time." He put two fingers on her left breast. "Even here. In your heart. Can you do that? Can you be my daughter in your heart?"
"I ... " I do not know, my lord, she almost said, but that was not what he wanted to hear. Lies and Arbor gold, she thought. "I am Alayne, Father. Who else would I be? — George R R Martin

Evidence from science suggests that business people must be insane to use brainstorming groups, — Susan Cain

I've gotten to a point, where I realize that happiness doesn't come from the outside. — Ricky Williams

I absolutely believe my talent is God-given. I ask God for a lot, but I also thank him. I'm a very demanding believer. — Hubert De Givenchy

So much of translating, Gil once told me, takes place in an imaginary space where the writer and the translator come together. It is not necessary to sympathize with the writer, to agree with what he's written. But it is necessary to walk alongside and stay in step. It's harder, he says, when the other person has a bad limp or stops and starts all the time or moves erratically. It is hardest of all when the story comes from a place the translator himself can't go. — Meg Rosoff