Tale Of The Nine Tailed Quotes & Sayings

Act averse to nasty language and partial to fruity tea. — Al Swearengen

Brand-name growth stocks ordinarily command the highest p/e ratios. Rising prices beget attention, and vice versa - but only to a point. Eventually their growth rate can diminish as results revert towards normal. Maybe not in all cases, but often enough to make a long-term bet. Bottom line: I wouldn't want to get caught in a rush for the exit, much less get left behind. Only when big growth stocks fall into the dumper from time to time am I inclined to pick them up - and even then, only in moderation. — John Neff

Ryan, I require something so horrifically alcoholic that it makes livers tremble with fear and run for their lives when its name is uttered," I said solemnly. — Seanan McGuire

he knew, but Gwyneira always drove him to desperation. "Of course I didn't offer him anything. I appealed to his reason and sense of honor. However, these qualities don't seem to hold much weight for him." Terence turned away, visibly ashamed. — Sarah Lark

Stories are a communal currency of humanity. — Tahir Shah

All these stories are grist to the mill of the government because they build up a very useful war psychosis. — Helen Suzman

The trick to education is to teach people in such a way that they don't realize they're learning until it's too late. — Harold Eugene Edgerton

The education system should teach us about money; it's an incredibly big subject. I run into people all the time that don't have the first clue of what they should do about money. — Ben Stein

I commit her to memory. When I'm alone, I feel a strange yearning, the hunger of a man fasting not because he believes but because he's ashamed. Not the cleansing hunger of the devout, but the feverish hunger of the hypocrite. I let her go every evening only because there's nothing I can do to stop her. — Mohsin Hamid

Anger dulls the sharpness of mind, hardens the softness of feelings, and replaces the sweetness of the world with bitterness. — Debasish Mridha

What we do and accomplish is only the tip of the iceberg of what's possible for us. — Les Brown

I always make it a rule to let the other fellow fire first. If a man wants to fight, I argue the question with him and try to show him how foolish it would be. If he can't be dissuaded, why then the fun begins but I always let him have first crack. Then when I fire, you see, I have the verdict of self-defence on my side. I know that he is pretty certain in his hurry, to miss. I never do. — Ben Thompson

Most directors, I discovered, need to be convinced that the screenplay they're going to direct has something to do with them. And this is a tricky thing if you write screenplays where women have parts that are equal to or greater than the male part. And I thought, 'Why am I out there looking for directors?' - because you look at a list of directors, it's all boys. It certainly was when I started as a screenwriter. So I thought, 'I'm just gonna become a director and that'll make it easier.' — Nora Ephron

No longer will I doubt my abilities ... I will give myself a chance. — Stephanie Lahart

I push through physical pain. Life hurts. I enjoy the positives. — Carla J. Hanna