Stuevers Quotes & Sayings

I do not much wish well to discoveries, for I am always afraid they will end in conquest and robbery. — Samuel Johnson

If I'd thought the hint of restrained danger he'd shown earlier was sexy, now he was downright hot. I understood why heroines in superhero movies were always swooning into their unitard-wearing heartthrobs' arms after being rescued. It wasn't that they were shrinking violets or weak girly-girls. It was just that seeing a man do something so extraordinary and supernatural to save you has a way of making your knees go weak in a very pleasant way. I'd always heard power was an aphrodisiac, but I hadn't considered the possible implications of that when working for a magical company. — Shanna Swendson

If we lost everything except for the clothes we stood up in, would we turn to each other and think....How lucky we really were? — Jacqueline Kennedy

To avoid disappointment in art, one mustn't treat it as a career. — Orhan Pamuk

It must be remembered that no art lives by nature, only by acts of voluntary attention on the part of human individuals. When these are not made it ceases to exist. — C.S. Lewis

Sexual predators were like cockroaches. For every one you saw, there were twenty more hiding behind the walls. — Karin Slaughter

Many are willing that Christ should be something, but few will consent that Christ should be everything. — Alexander Moody Stuart

Over the long term, it's hard for a stock to earn a much better return that the business which underlies it earns. If the business earns six percent on capital over forty years and you hold it for that forty years, you're not going to make much different than a six percent return - even if you originally buy it at a huge discount. Conversely, if a business earns eighteen percent on capital over twenty or thirty years, even if you pay an expensive looking price, you'll end up with one hell of a result. — Charlie Munger

He hadn't asked to become a leader, but did that absolve him of responsibility? People needed him. The world needed him. And, with an understanding that cooled in him like molten rock forming into a shape, he realized that he wanted to lead. If someone had to be lord of these people, he wanted to do it himself. Because doing it yourself was the only way to see that it was done right. — Robert Jordan