Softened Crossword Quotes & Sayings

I don't have any authority over Linux other than this notion that I know what I'm doing. — Linus Torvalds

I have never worn a watch. I did at 17 and it annoyed me. — Eve Best

In olden times gold was manufactured by science; nowadays science must be renewed by gold. We have fixed the volatile and we must now volatilize the fixed - in other words, we have materialized spirit, and we must now spiritualize matter. — Eliphas Levi

Fair daffodils, we weep to see
You haste away so soon:
As yet the early-rising sun
Has not attained his noon. — Robert Herrick

By the late twentieth century, Jefferson's windfall would be feeding much of the world. — Edward E. Baptist

I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue. — J. Paul Getty

Had I paused to reflect, I would have understood that my devotion to Clara brought me no more than suffering. Perhaps for that very reason, I adored her all the more, because of the eternal human stupidity of pursing those who hurt us the most. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon

We've already gotten a significant grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and a university consortium. I think the whole sector of Foundations, potentially with government support, is promising - more than promising, I think, it's substantial. — Mitch Kapor

I grew up twelve miles outside of Montego Bay. In my early teens, I went to Kingston. It was like a different planet for me. In the country, people are kind. In the city, people are hard an' cold, like the concrete and steel. — Jimmy Cliff

In Texas, two things are cherished above all else- football and gossip. — Cora Carmack

You don't appreciate things until they're gone. For me, I miss my friends; I don't miss boxing, I miss the camaraderie. — Sugar Ray Leonard

Here are young women with more opportunities, more liberties than almost any women in history and at that moment we tell them they're short-changed silenced victims of a patriarchy? It's defeatist and demoralising. — Christina Hoff Sommers

WHEN WOMEN SUCCEED, AMERICA SUCCEEDED — Barack Obama

WHY: Very few people or companies can clearly articulate WHY they do WHAT they do. When I say WHY, I don't mean to make money - that's a result. By WHY I mean what is your purpose, cause or belief? WHY does your company exist? WHY do you get out of bed every morning? And WHY should anyone care? — Simon Sinek

Life is a fierce duel with emotions and a slow war with psychology. — Richelle E. Goodrich