Vester Quotes & Sayings

I didn't want my parents to support me. I wanted to prove that I could do it by myself. — Linda Vester

And I realized that people, from new-made friends to life-long family, inevitably come and go in the composition of our lives, but that once they have appeared, they never really leave. And I realized too that the people we love - the memory of the people we love, their enduring, pulsing presence in our lives - is like those violins. Every day, in one form or another, we take them out and play them, if just for a while. We become them, swooping, spiraling, soaring to the apex of our minds. We honor them and keep them alive - as they do us, intertwined. — Don George

No literature can ever soothe the hearts of those who have lost their loved ones. — Viraj J. Mahajan

Positive thought + positive action = positive results. — Gloria Vester

It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the environment in which we all live. — Dalai Lama XIV

But for the first time in many years, I get to sleep in my own bed every night. I haven't done that, literally, in years. It seems like such a small thing, but it is so nice. — Linda Vester

My mom took all of my behavior personally. Everything I did, she thought it was an act of rebellion against her. But it was just me being me. — Pink

But there's always a Mass. It's not a formal Mass at all. We're sitting around her dining room table with wine and Eucharist and holding hands. It's very informal and small, but to me that's a wonderful way to have Mass. — Linda Vester

I think I'd like to stay anchoring because, number one, I'm learning a lot, and I love it when I'm learning. And number two, I also have the luxury of a stable life. — Linda Vester

And since I just turned 32, I'm thinking about getting married, having a family, and that's very difficult to do on the road as a correspondent. — Linda Vester

Adversity is an opportunity for self-discovery. — John C. Maxwell

What the hell? He needs to get over his damn issue with cussing. They're sentence enhancers. In fact, when I think about it, his issue with me cussing makes me want to cuss more. I rarely ever cuss. It's him."
Holden turned to Julia, "The word "hell" technically counts in my book. You?"
Julia nodded. "Oh yeah. That was two and three."
"Then your current total is now three Miss Dawkins. — Jennifer Vester

The school made it very clear that women were entitled to positions of authority. That sense of entitlement allowed us to feel that we have a natural place in leadership in the world. That gave me a mental and emotional confidence. — Linda Vester

In a way, I pick out the films that have a same attitude as music that I like. — Volker Bertelmann

Absolutely. I think that this is - politics is a tough business. I describe it as a full contact sport. You have to be prepared to get in there and mix it up. — John Thune

In my rational mind, I know ... that is a very simplistic way of looking at it, but when there is violence of that kind, it challenges my faith. I still can't say that I totally understand why - why that is allowed to happen. — Linda Vester

A flat tax is roughly the same as a sales tax. — Bob Frank

As a journalist, it is so easy to get hardened when you see so many stories that are disturbing. Sometimes it's just your survival mechanism that makes you hardened to some of it. — Linda Vester

Married life requires shared mystery even when all the facts are known. — Richard Ford

There are a lot of children in Afghanistan, but little childhood. — Khaled Hosseini

We all burn for what is bad for us ... burn him in return. Maybe then the bastard won't have such a hold over you. — Alice Hoffman

He would insult the Universe. That is, he would insult everybody in it. Individually, personally, one by one, and (this was the thing he really decided to grit his teeth over) in alphabetical order. — Douglas Adams

You asked me why I saved you. You have forgotten a villain who tried to carry you off one night,- a villain to whom the very next day you brought relief upon their infamous pillory. A drop of water and a little pity are more than my whole life can ever repay. You have forgotten that villain; but he remembers."

~Quasimodo to Esmeralda~ — Victor Hugo

Finally, I get to have houseplants and they stay alive. — Linda Vester

There's no such thing as soy milk. It's soy juice. — Lewis Black

So now my road map has changed and I don't have a really clear idea of what the next stops are. — Linda Vester

We cannot afford four more years of this misguided socialist policies from President Obama and his administration. — Rick Perry

Sometimes stories are inherently important whether or not they have a direct relation to your life. — Linda Vester

What upset me the most was not that I would die, but that I was letting down my parents. I felt very guilty for chasing this dream career of mine, at the expense of my parents. — Linda Vester