Tenenbaums Waverly Quotes & Sayings

A sufficiently great and generous trust could never be abused. — Henry David Thoreau

We are extraordinarily reluctant to admit that luck plays a part in business success. — Stephen Bungay

Because this woman . . . she was a revelation. — Tessa Dare

There was movement on its broad shoulders, and Puck appeared, clinging to its back, a huge grin splitting his face. "All right," he announced grandly, as the troll jerked and spun around, trying in vain to reach him, "I claim this land for Spain." And — Julie Kagawa

My generation has not seen one single day of peace, and my dream is for my children and the children of all Colombians to have the change to see it. I hope the guerrilla understands that the time has come to leave this 50-year confrontation behind; that the time has come to change from bullets to votes, from weapons to argumentations; that the time has come for them to continue their struggle, but within democracy. — Juan Manuel Santos

Let's not forget that Congress bears a lot of responsibility for many of the problems we have now — Colin Powell

A kiss brings back the youth of a young child, as when a hug brings back the memories of a lover. — Jennifer Chen

I have grown up with guns all my life, but people who like assault weapons they should join the United States Army, we have them. — Wesley Clark

The future is created at the intersection of business, technology, design, and culture. *In the Bubble* is an insightful and delightful explanation of this nexus and of how each force affects the others. Designers often miss a great deal in their educations about the real people who will use and inhabit their work. Thackara astutely illuminates a lot of what designers don't know they're missing. — Nathan Shedroff

The Network Generation are secure in, and proud of, their Scottishness. Unlike my generation that grew up in the '80s, they don't see our sense of identity as under threat. — Douglas Alexander

I knew Matt Damon and Ben Affleck were really talented. As actors, they were both studly young men, and they had great writers' chops. — Robin Williams

A library is like an island in the middle of a vast sea of ignorance, particularly if the library is very tall and the surrounding area has been flooded. — Daniel Handler

What a damnably lonely profession writing is! In order to do it, one must banish the world, and having banished it, one feels cosmically alone. — Erica Jong

He didn't pick her; you don't choose who you fall in love with any more than you choose the shape of your bones. — C.J. Carlyon