Theseidenstrategies Quotes & Sayings

Among fifty percent of your married couples, the husband worries very little about what his wife is doing, provided she is doing all he wishes. — Honore De Balzac

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it. — Napoleon Hill

Marble flooring is to a Punjabi what a foreign degree is to a Tamilian — Chetan Bhagat

Mankind needs new law
to embrace new science. — Toba Beta

We were to be like long vines with entwined roots, like trees that stand a thousand years, like a pair of mandarin ducks mated for life — Lisa See

NBC announced that during the summer Olympics they will set a new record by airing over 1200 hours of coverage. Which is amazing because that's 10 hours longer than the coverage of Reagan's funeral. — Conan O'Brien

Now I feel adrift - except for the tether binding me here, to this girl at my side. — Amie Kaufman

Another time I had gone out on patrol in the mist and had carefully warned the guard commander beforehand. But in coming back I stumbled against a bush, the startled sentry called out that the Fascists were coming, and I had the pleasure of hearing the guard commander order everyone to open rapid fire in my direction. Of course I lay down and the bullets went harmlessly over me. Nothing will convince a Spaniard, at least a young Spaniard, that fire-arms are dangerous. Once, rather later than this, I was photographing some machine-gunners with their gun, which was pointed directly towards me. 'Don't fire,' I said half-jokingly as I focused the camera. 'Oh no, we won't fire.' The next moment there was a frightful roar and a stream of bullets tore past my face so close that my cheek was stung by grains of cordite. It was unintentional, but the machine-gunners considered it a great joke. — George Orwell

I'd never been a teacher before, and here I was starting my first day with these eager students. There was a shortage of teachers, and they had been without a math teacher for six months. They were so excited to learn math. — Andrew Shue

In general, the hedge funds were clobbered by the 1969 bear market, ending up in many cases with records that were worse than those put together by aggressive mutual funds denied the luxury of short sales. — Carol Loomis

Modesty ... consists in pretending not to think better of ourselves and our belongings than of the man we are speaking to and his belongings. — Bertrand Russell