Stenhouse Publishers Quotes & Sayings

A single mediocre hire in the first five will often in fact kill a startup. — Sam Altman

There is no such thing as a clean slate. I know that now. You just embrace your dirty slate and build over it. — Tarryn Fisher

You don't get to keep ignoring the past because you don't like it. — Adam Silvera

I don't know whether Mrs. Borden is out or in; I wish you would see if she is in her room. — Lizzie Andrew Borden

When you lay down a proposition which is forthwith controverted, it is of course optional with you to take up the cudgels in its defence. If you are deeply convinced of its truth, you will perhaps be content to leave it to take care of itself; or, at all events, you will not go out of your way to push its fortunes; for you will reflect that in the long run an opinion often borrows credit from the forbearance of its patrons. In the long run, we say; it will meanwhile cost you an occasional pang to see your cherished theory turned into a football by the critics. A football is not, as such, a very respectable object, and the more numerous the players, the more ridiculous it becomes. Unless, therefore, you are very confident of your ability to rescue it from the chaos of kicks, you will best consult its interests by not mingling in the game. — Henry James

It was not the first time Faith had been alone with the dead of course. She had watched five younger brothers wane, felt the trusting pressure of their small hands in hers. And later, each time, she had done her part in keeping watch over the body for the wake. There always needed to be somebody watching over the newly dead, just in case they turned out not to be dead after all. It was best to know these things before anyone was actually buried. — Frances Hardinge

I try to use all aspects of media and my gifting and calling to help as many people as I can. — DeVon Franklin

It was truly an astonishing grassroots explosion, ... The objective was to get a nationwide demonstration of concern for the environment so large that it would shake the political establishment out of its lethargy. — Gaylord Nelson

The problem was, I enjoyed Question Period too much and loved the challenge it provided. Far from being a dreaded burden, it had become an exciting part of my life; opposition members attacked me, I fought back, I won or lost or held them to draw, and the next day we did it all over again. — Jean Chretien

You can also look upon our life as an episode unprofitably disturbing the blessed calm of nothingness. — Arthur Schopenhauer

Clippy got that pervert-on-the-playground look again.. — Rob Reid

What nonsense it is, this desire to be without limitations, this wish always to be seen in the most flattering light. We are anxious, not because we think so little of ourselves, but because we think so much of ourselves. We are anxious, not that we may appear in the worst light, but that we may not appear in the best light. Anxiety is born of self-consciousness, and it is alleviated to the exact extent that we can drop consciousness of the self. — Jo Coudert

I started when I was eight, doing super 8 films. — Guillermo Del Toro