Silalahi 2006 Quotes & Sayings

At the time he had closed in upon himself, denying her a place of entry. She was tenacious, aggressive as a lover, had tried to prise the pieces of him apart. Only when she failed had she finally let go, by then months had passed. She loved like she was going to war, but she was also not the kind of woman to wait for a man. Valiant in battle, noble in defeat. She walked away and never looked back — Aminatta Forna

The Internet is the first technology since the printing press which could lower the cost of a great education and, in doing so, make that cost-benefit analysis much easier for most students. It could allow American schools to service twice as many students as they do now, and in ways that are both effective and cost-effective. — John Katzman

When we reject our origins, we become the product of whatever soil that we find ourselves planted; the colors of our leaves change as we consume borrowed nutrients with borrowed roots and, like a tree, we grow. — Mike Norton

I think there's a lot of merit in an international economy and global markets, but they're not sufficient because markets don't look after social needs. — George Soros

The indispensable requirement for a good newspaperman - as eager to tell a lie as the truth. — Norman Mailer

If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur — Doug Larson

Catchy acronym in the consulting world, "MECE," which stands for "mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive. — Stanley McChrystal

Anson looked searchingly at her. His eyes moved over her body. He thought: you meet a woman and she starts a chemical reaction in you. You think there is no one like her in the world, then something happens, and it is finished. She means less to me now than the used plate after a good meal, and how little can that be? — James Hadley Chase

The best humor is offered up by the stupidity of your opponents. — Barney Frank

When each thing is unique in itself, there can be no comparison made ... There is only this strange recognition of present otherness. — D.H. Lawrence

The desire to start something at the "right" time is usually just a justification for delay. In almost every case, the best time to start is now. — Gretchen Rubin