Uccidero Quotes & Sayings

Only three things mattered about a hotel: position, position and position. — Jeffrey Archer

It took a second for me to understand what he meant. Then another to get that he was serious. A third second to do something about the first two seconds, which was to sit down. — Rick Yancey

The beliefs are almost always the same; it's just that the histories are different. Everybody wants to believe
in a higher power. Everybody wants to belong to something bigger than themselves, and everybody wants company in doing that. — David Levithan

You must understand the troubles of that man farthest down before you can help him. — Booker T. Washington

When we are sad - at least I am like this - it can be comforting to cling to familiar objects, to the things that don't change. Your descriptions of the desert - that oceanic, endless glare - are terrible but also very beautiful. Maybe there's something to be said for the rawness and emptiness of it all. The light of long ago is different from the light of today and yet here, in this house, I'm reminded of the past at every turn. But when I think of you, it's as if you've gone away to sea on a ship - out in a foreign brightness where there are no paths, only stars and sky. — Donna Tartt

With the right attitude, a failure can be converted into a lesson and a stepping-stone for future success. — Jack Canfield

Being around some of the bright lights of the technology world and having them expect great things helps you sit down and do it seriously. — Aaron Swartz

America is a fortunate country. She grows by the follies of our European nations. — Napoleon Bonaparte

My experience with tragedy is that people will offer condolences and support but never be around when you want to collect. — Cyn Balog

In composition you have all the time you want to decide what to say in 15 seconds, in improvisation you have 15 seconds. — Steve Lacy

No, Mother, it is better as it is, and I'm glad Amy has learned to love him. But you are right in one thing. I am lonely, and perhaps if Teddy had tried again, I might have said 'Yes,' not because I love him any more, but because I care more to be loved than when he went away. — Louisa May Alcott

Failure is sometimes the best option if you view the process of entrepreneurship as a lifelong journey. — Brad Feld

The decision to attack the entire nation [of Yugoslavia] has been counterproductive, and our destruction of civilian life has now become senseless and excessively brutal ... The United States' insistence on the use of cluster bombs, designed to kill or maim humans, is condemned almost universally and brings discredit on our nation (as does our refusal to support a ban on land mines). Even for the world's only superpower, the ends don't always justify the means. — Jimmy Carter

Now, her doc doesn't say any of this was the reason her mommy parts cleaned house, but she doesn't say it helped, either. Dana's — Chuck Palahniuk

Unlike my mother, he had no anxiety in connection with her, he found her single-minded dedication to her dancing sweet, and also, I think, admirable- it appealed to his work ethic- and it was very clear that Tracey adored my father, was even a little in love with him. She was so painfully grateful for the way he talked to her like a father, although sometimes he went too far in this direction, not understanding that what came after borrowing a father for a few minutes was he pain of having to give him back. — Zadie Smith