Sweigard Nine Quotes & Sayings

You can concede to an opponent something he hasn't earned. It's one thing to underestimate an opponent. But maybe the worst thing is to overestimate. You always play your strengths. But that doesn't mean you become predictable. — Chuck Knox

Vohannes turns and grins at her. "So! Here is the triumphant warrior, fresh off of her conquest. What an epic night you've had!" "Vo, I honestly do not have time for your supposed charms. How did you get in?" "By liberally applying my supposed charms, of course," says Vohannes. — Robert Jackson Bennett

Man and wife are equally concerned, to avoid all offence of each other, in the beginning of their conversation. Every little thing can blast an infant blossom. — Jeremy Taylor

As she cried, I could feel growing there, as had once before, a presence between us: the tiny perfect form of Sherry nestled between her parents' bodies. Our bodies were shaped by her absence, by the almost unbearable weight of her loss. — Robert J. Wiersema

Understanding is the soil in which grow all the fruits of friendship. — Woodrow Wilson

It is always weird to be in the studio working on Christmas music in June and July, so we decorated the entire studio, we really did. We brought out lights, fake trees and decorated the place to get in the Christmas spirit. You'd leave the studio, and it'd be 100 degrees out in Nashville, but nonetheless, a great experience. — Dave Haywood

Consumers, unlike voters, expect an immediate response to their concerns; and companies, unlike governments, do not have the luxury of a mid-term lull. — Noreena Hertz

Whenever we think of ourselves as doing something for someone else, we are in some way denying our own responsibility. Whatever we do is done because we choose to do it, and we make that choice because it is the one that satisfies us the most. — M. Scott Peck

Oh no. I split my time between Paris and New York. They're the only places to really live. — Naomi Wood

The psychoanalytic method is essentially a historical method. — Erik Erikson

I like thinking about the fragility of the human flesh and our bodies - our decay and eventual death. — David LaChapelle

Be clamorous and leap all civil bounds Rather than make unprofited return. — William Shakespeare

It was too much ... the gods would not permit such joy. — Eva Ibbotson

I would be an activist but never a politician. As an activist, nobody owns you. — Sinbad