Smolenski Quotes & Sayings

I haven't seen so much tippy-toeing around since the last time I went to the ballet. When members of the arts community were askedthis week about one of their biggest benefactors, Philip Morris, and its requests that they lobby the New York City Council on the company's behalf, the pas de deux of self- justification was so painstakingly choreographed that it constituted a performance all by itself. — Anna Quindlen

This is Louisiana, we don't have basements because of the water level. — Leah Rae Miller

It never failed to amaze Alex how, with the brush of a hand, the
track of someone's life might veer in a completely different direction. — Jodi Picoult

She had learned never to look back, never to give fate a second chance to kick her in the teeth. — Linda Howard

I've watched my peers get better with age and hoped that would happen with me. — Bonnie Raitt

This country of ours has committed the most serious act of aggression in its history by engaging in a war of aggression without a declaration of war by Congress. — Ramsey Clark

In all my novels, a sense of place - not just geographic but social - is a critical element. I have always been drawn to the novels of Edith Wharton, among others, where social dynamics are crucial. Wharton's class consciousness fascinates me, and some of the tension in my books stems from that. — Susan Wiggs

Better a long ignoble life of shallow pleasures than a short stab at heroism, ending with a short stab. And just because one man plays another doesn't always mean that it's not the right direction for both of them. — Mark Lawrence

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream. — Marilyn Monroe

Poor health is not caused by something you don't have; it's caused by disturbing something that you already have. Health is not something you need to get, it's something you have already if you don't disturb it. — Dean Ornish