Salutatory Quotes & Sayings

The power of fear of failure, with will to win, is an incredible force. I don't think we should be worried about having a fear of failure; I think it's quite natural. If you surveyed any top businessman or any top athlete, I bet if they were truthful, they would all say they've got a fear of losing and a fear of failure. — John Caudwell

Like most men, Sherman was innocent of the routine salutatory techniques of the fashionable hostesses. For at least forty-five seconds every guest was the closest, dearest, jolliest, most wittily conspiratorial friend a girl ever had. Every male guest she touched on the arm (any other part of the body presented problems) and applied a little heartfelt pressure. Every guest, male or female, she looked at with a radar lock upon the eyes, as if captivated (by the brilliance, the wit, the beauty, and the incomparable memories). — Tom Wolfe

How was it that he could remember not remembering, and yet the fugitive facts themselves remained so elusive? How could he misplace the skills of a lifetime? Where did such knowledge go? — Geraldine Brooks

In death we shall rediscover all the instants of our life and we shall freely combine them as in dreams. — Jorge Luis Borges

If she can't spell, why is she a librarian? Librarians should know how to spell. — Beverly Cleary

Many people know so little about what is beyond their short range of experience. They look within themselves - and find nothing! Therefore they conclude that there is nothing outside themselves either. — Helen Keller

The cops got out of the car and came straight towards me. My first thought was, How hypocritical ... They head straight for the kid all in black ... — Bella Shadow

You want to know how to rhyme, then learn how to add. It's mathematics. — Mos Def

The question is: How are you able to organize your information, your tasks, and get stuff done spanning those different roles? Nobody lives in isolation. — Satya Nadella

His skeptical silence made me shift uncomfortably. I felt like Aladdin, holding his hand out to Jasmine on the magic carpet. A ridiculous comparison under the given circumstances, and yet oddly apt. — Nenia Campbell

A good husband be the best sort of plaster for to cure a young woman's ailments. — Moliere