Tresser Quotes & Sayings

The gift of phrase was instantaneous to him in him, and that must partly account for his huge output; but there was a plentitude of mind as well as a swiftness of phrase to help him; he never put a nib wrong. — Jocelyn Gibb

Sometimes very successful people appear to be winging it, because they look so comfortable on their feet. But don't be fooled; there ain't no such thing. They just come across that way because they practiced so many times. — Barbara Corcoran

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men. — E.B. White

Ninety percent of everything you believe you can achieve in life you will. — Gregory C. Dugger

Speak Peace sums up decades of healing and peacework. It would be hard to list all the kinds of people who can benefit from reading this book, because it's really any and all of us. — Michael N. Nagler

The Foolish Warrior attacks Enemy soldiers. The Supreme Warrior battles the Mind. — John Viril

I may not be able to make a horse drink, but it is my duty to lead it to water. — Conrad Taylor

Gun-control has always been an elitist method of controlling the common ... — Charley Reese

Might you show me how to project a schematic of the entire inner solar system? I appear to be unable to zoom out from the immediate neighbourhood of Paladin." "Access that sub-menu, then select the logarithmic scale factor," Nissa said. "Thank you - I should have seen that." The — Alastair Reynolds

Barnsley have started off the way they mean to begin. — Chris Kamara

Hope! thou nurse of young desire. — Isaac Bickerstaffe

[A]s a species, we are very poor at programming. Our brains are built to understand other humans, not computers. We're terrible at forcing our minds into the precise modes of thought needed to interact with a computer, and we consistently make errors when we try. That's why computer science and programming degrees take such time and dedication to acquire: we are literally learning how to speak to an alien mind, of a kind that has not existed on Earth until very recently. — Stuart Armstrong

Fairy tales have a hidden power, and their appeal never ends. They're the best way to get messages across. — Michel Ocelot