Roozeboom Quotes & Sayings

Women like poetry. A soft word in their ears and they melt - a grease spot on the grass. — Mary Ann Shaffer

Referring to the bad sun conditions in left field at the stadium: It gets late out there early. — Yogi Berra

She was like a disease that came along every few years, contaminating everyone in her path. — Tarryn Fisher

I would urge that the yeast of education is the idea of excellence, and the idea of excellence comprises as many forms as there are individuals, each of whom develops his own image of excellence. The school must have as one of its principal functions the nurturing of images of excellence. — Jerome Bruner

For it is the role of the parent to express his concerns and then take three steps back. Not one, mind you, not two, but three. Or maybe four. (But by no means five.) Yes, a parent should share his hesitations and then take three or four steps back, so that the child can make a decision by herself - even when that decision may lead to disappointment. — Amor Towles

Other response, he said, I make thee not,
Except the doing; for the modest asking
Ought to be followed by the deed in silence. — Dante Alighieri

It was as if she was a dream, like London, which he could not entirely grasp and of which he was not worthy. He wanted to be part of it but had forgotten how. It seemed extraordinary and strange that this paragon among women had condescended to travel on his ship. In fact, she'd insisted upon it. Her presence was at once otherworldly and familiar, none of which explained why his brain ceased to function when he was in her company. — Sara Sheridan

I believe there's a God but I'm not too sure of his relevance. — Trent Reznor

The giant will succumbed to a power more stern. — Edgar Allan Poe

There is no bad light. There is spectacular light and difficult light. It's up to you to use the light you have. — Jay Maisel

That's another argument for writing: making something that outlasts you. — Zia Haider Rahman

I remember my melancholy was intolerable; I felt inclined to cry; I sat and wondered and wondered uncomfortably; the consciousness that everything was strange weighed terribly upon me; I could understand that it was all foreign and strange. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

It's only a little difficult to say no. You've got to believe that the work you're doing is ultimately more useful to the world. — Derek Sivers

The problem is that most people focus on their failures rather than their successes. But the truth is that most people have many more successes than failures. — Jack Canfield