Teplitzky And Company Quotes & Sayings

I build a book the way coral reefs are built: millions of little calcareous skeletons piling up one atop another, though in my case the skeletons are drafts. — Dean Koontz

I despise charity. It gives crumbs to a few and silences the others. — Eve Ensler

I like sunny stories. You know, my favorite girls in the '50s were Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, and Esther Williams. — Edward Herrmann

Those who are fortunate to be educated, must light the flame of fire. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Catherine! Get out of my way. I need to have a word with that thing."
Since she usually called Bones "filthy animal", I assumed "thing" meant Ian. — Jeaniene Frost

Nobody has to lose for me to succeed and that is a unique job. Everybody wins, horse wins, people win, I win. — Buck Brannaman

About a year before this, K had had several nasty falls, and Jolly had said that either the Alzheimer's or the medicine for it was somehow affecting her balance. Perhaps K's fear of falling made her over compensate and walk hunched forward; perhaps it made her feel more balanced, more in control of her body. Bit it also made her look like hell--almost to the "hump" stage.........(end of quote)

Connie's comment: My dad was aggravated by a physical therapist who tried to re-teach him to walk. My dad did not appreciate someone telling him how to walk. He finally explained to us that he walked hunched over so he would be closer to the ground if he fell. — John West

There is nothing that fascinates us more, little that agitates the body more completely. Information warns us of danger, prepares us for action, helps us survive. And it enables us to perform that most magical of all tricks - predicting the future. — John Coates

All the world is not, of course, a stage, but the crucial ways in which it isn't are not easy to specify — Erving Goffman

Don't you know what a pussy is, sir?'

'Of course he doesn't. He hasn't even seen Basic Instinct. — Jonathan Coe

In the deserts of the heart
Let the healing fountain start. — W. H. Auden

There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different. — Alfred P. Sloan