Ver Midi Quotes & Sayings

Not all writers are crazy. Only the ones who are serious enough about their craft. — Hanna Abi Akl

She was never supposed to belong to me. Yet there she was, standing at the very end of the hall, peering over at me. Mine. — A.L. Jackson

My monetary studies have led me to the conclusion that central banks could profitably be replaced by computers. Fortunately, for me personally, that conclusion has had no practical impact, else there would have been no Central Bank of Sweden to have established the award [Nobel Prize] I am honored to receive. — Milton Friedman

So perhaps it's time to switch the focus of some of our workplace policies and use them to unshackle the hardworking majority rather than inhibit the less noble minority. If you think people in your organization are predisposed to rip you off, maybe the solution isn't to build a tighter, more punitive set of rules. Maybe the answer is to hire new people. — Daniel H. Pink

When I held my new puppy in my arms, I broke down in tears. Because I had fallen in love. Not somewhat in love. Not partly in love. Not in a limited amount. I fell fully in love with a creature I had known for all of nine hours. — Steven Rowley

The hero isn't the one who is right, but the one who steps forward to take the blame - deserved or not - and apologize to save a relationship. — Richelle E. Goodrich

Two cliches make us laugh. A hundred cliches move us. For we sense dimly that the cliches are talking among themselves, and celebrating a reunion. — Umberto Eco

Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder. — John Ruskin

I'm not crying." "You are the worst liar I have ever met." He moved to rub my shoulder. "Why are you upset?" Every time he asked, I somehow managed to cry harder, my body shaking more; there were actual noises coming out of me. "It's stupid." "More than likely, but tell me anyway," he said in a gentle voice. — Mariana Zapata

The trouble for the thief is not how to steal the chief's bugle, but where to blow it, — Maya Angelou

There are some sleeping dogs that should be left to lie; there are some questions that should not be asked. — Stanley Ellin

Seen from the air, the male mind must look rather like the canals of Europe, with ideas being towed along well-worn towpaths by heavy-footed dray horses. There is never any doubt that they will, despite wind and weather, reach their destinations by following a simple series of connected lines.
But the female mind, even in my limited experience, seems more of a vast and teeming swamp, but a swamp that knows in an instant whenever a stranger
even miles away
has so much as dipped a single toe into her waters. People who talk about this phenomenon, most of whom know nothing whatsoever about it, call it woman's intuition. — Alan Bradley

Intricately and intriguingly woven, lots of fun, and extremely thought provoking. — Stanley Schmidt