Spiedini Quotes & Sayings

Economists sometimes do try to reduce behavior to law-like predictability. But people respond differently to different primes, to different contexts even from one moment to the next. We possess multiple selves that are aroused by different circumstances. — David Brooks

Chad had prowled over to her, and she felt good caged in between those powerful arms, but when he kissed her flushed forehead and then the tip of her nose, she lost a little of herself forever. — J. Lynn

The first thing the intellect does with an object is to class it along with something else. But any object that is infinitely important to us and awakens our devotion feels to us also as if it must be sui generis and unique. Probably a crab would be filled with a sense of personal outrage if it could hear us class it without ado or apology as a crustacean, and thus dispose of it. "I am no such thing," it would say; "I am MYSELF, MYSELF alone. — William James

What are some words that come to mind when you think of flowers? — Colleen Hoover

Discernment can be described as the ability to find the root of the matter, and it relies on intuition as well as rational thought. — John C. Maxwell

You wasted $150,000 on an education you coulda got for $1.50 in late fees at the public library. — Matt Damon

I find myself crying unabashedly, then I try to suck it in, realizing this is inappropriate. — Gene Kranz

The bells which toll for mankind are - most of them, anyway - like the bells of Alpine cattle; they are attached to our own necks, and it must be our fault if they do not make a cheerful and harmonious sound. — Peter Medawar

One of the worst things that can happen to a man is for him to work and study hard in order to benefit others and make his own name and then be prevented by sickness, or perhaps death itself, from finally completing what he has begun — Giorgio Vasari

I find at moments I'm as fragile as glass. — Anne Rice

It's best never to think that the worst of today will be the framework of tomorrow. — Robert A. Giacalone

Concentrate on hitting the green. The cup will come to you. — Cary Middlecoff

My grandmother taught me two very important lessons before she passed: hold the door for everyone and always say "thank you." That means to treat everyone the same, no matter if it is the President or a homeless mother begging for food. And never forget to thank those who have helped you, whether it is the person serving you food at a restaurant or your third-grade teacher who taught you the multiplication tables. — Michael Skolnik