Sylphynford Tachibana Quotes & Sayings

ISIS went to school on how we were collecting intelligence on terrorist organizations by using telecommunications technologies. And when they learned that from the [Edward] Snowden disclosures, they were able to adapt to it and essentially go silent. — Michael Morell

Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading. — Jack Prelutsky

Like it or not, she was going to belong to him. — Julie Garwood

To be without sympathy is to be alone in the world
without friends or country, home or kindred. — Christian Nestell Bovee

Catherine the Great, like others of her kind, did not succeed in imparting greatness to her descendants. — Katharine Anthony

The ghosts of things that never happened are worse than the ghosts of things that did. — L.M. Montgomery

Someone's going to recognize us," Lex said to Uncle Mort without looking at him or moving her lips.
"No, they're not," he said, staring forward, keeping the same straight face. "The guards aren't even watching."
He was right. What few guards were left in the lobby were scattered, disorganized. They shouted for the citizens to remain calm, all the while sounding fairly panicked themselves. No one knew what had happened, as the only witnesses were now casually strolling toward the front door without a single eye looking their way.
Until the receptionist let out a shriek. "There they are!"
Uncle Mort let out a huff of defeat. "Mar-lene," he whined. "I thought we were cool."
"So much for the Wink of Trust," Lex said. — Gina Damico

We can never benefit today from the wisdom we will have gained tomorrow. — Mary Balogh

Words are such a poor medium when you really want someone to feel something. — Hunter S. Thompson

To resist is to break free.
Petra Hermans — Petra Hermans

A ScrumMaster who takes teams beyond getting agile practices up and running into their deliberate and joyful pursuit of high performance is an agile coach. — Lyssa Adkins

If a clock represented a pie chart, then I just ate a slice of apple pie so large it represents 33 minutes. That means I'm three minutes late for dinner! — Jarod Kintz

Task triage is the habit of making a realistic assessment of what degree of perfection is required for a task at the point of accepting it, so one doesn't need to rely on one's habit of procrastinating to lower the bar. — John Perry