Skerries Community Quotes & Sayings

Too little attention is paid to the dark side of incentives. They are anything but a magic bullet. Psychologists have known this for years, but it seems largely hidden from the world of commerce. — Barry Schwartz

You can't expect someone born into a family with no music ... to understand when I'm conducting the Schoenberg Variations. — Daniel Barenboim

This is the time to rise up and design(customize) your life. — Bernard Kelvin Clive

Mum insists on calling Sat Nav "the Talking Map," like she's a medieval peasant who believes in witchcraft. — Marian Keyes

The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images in a general sense, put together in a kind of alchemy. — Francis Ford Coppola

Have you ever heard of the theory that it is better for one man to die than an entire nation to suffer? Do you believe that to be true? Is it ever okay to take a life in hopes of saving others? — Sara B. Larson

I didn't begin my life in 1975 with 'Horses.' I recorded 'Horses' in 1975, but was drawing in Paris in 1969. — Patti Smith

In terms of men I fancy, I think the actor James Franco is gorgeous. But I find it odd to be described as a sex symbol myself. — Emma Watson

Toys to deftly pluck up like animal crackers and deposit safely into a crate decorated with friezes of bright circus trains carrying aardvarks, dodos, swift dromedaries, baby elephants, and plastic dinosaurs. A box of mixed metaphors. — Patti Smith