Viktoras Malinauskas Quotes & Sayings

The most satisfying compliment a reader can pay is to tell me that he or she feels personally addressed. Think of your own favorite authors and see if that isn't precisely one of the things that engages you, often at first without your noticing it. A good conversation is the only human equivalent: the realizing that decent points are being made and understood, that irony is in play, and elaboration, and that a dull or obvious remark would be almost physically hurtful. This is how philosophy evolved in the symposium, before philosophy was written down. And poetry began with the voice as its only player and the ear as its only recorder. — Christopher Hitchens

Experimental economics is about conducting experiments: bringing economics into the laboratory or creating controlled conditions in the field that allow us to understand better what we are seeing in less controlled circumstances. — Alvin E. Roth

He held to the old guidelines: work hard, do your best, speak the truth, assume no airs, trust in God, have no fear. — David McCullough

Hurrying to solve a problem is one of the most time-ineffective things you can do. — Steve McConnell

If having a story that's compelling - you want to know what will happen - is traditional, then ultimately I am a traditionalist. That is what readers care about. It's what I care about as a reader. Now if I can have that along with a strong girding of ideas and some kind of exciting technical forays - then that is just the jackpot. — Jennifer Egan

What paper planes and empty seats most have in common
is that they are best made by children still learning how to ride things out. — Buddy Wakefield

The air was thick with her attitude, and I was getting ready to perform a very intense surgery on it. — Dawn Kopman Whidden

I think people change, but the media, they never allowed me to change. They never allowed me to be a better person. — Terrell Owens

It is like living in a wilderness of mirrors. No fact goes unchallenged. — Bruce Babbitt

Influence is the ability to move a person to a desired action. — Bob Burg

A ricefield near Vercelli under creamy summer haze. the wings of her drooping hat shadow her false smile. Shadows streak her falsely smiling face, smitten by the hot creamy light, grey wheyhued shadows under the jawbones, streaks of eggyolk yellow on the moistened brow, rancid yellow humour lurking within the softened pulp of the eyes. — James Joyce

His answer to every problem, every setback was "I will work harder!" - which he had adopted as his personal motto. — George Orwell

The ink in the pen that writes success stories is "FOCUS" ... — Israelmore Ayivor

Want to create the best Christmas ever? Forgive someone who doesn't deserve your forgiveness. Hug a stranger. Pass on something that you want to keep for yourself. Spend time with the ones you love. Spend time on your knees. Decorate your life with light and laughter. Love yourself while you're loving others. Christmas is about Christ and Christ is all about your joy and happiness. — Toni Sorenson

There was no one around called 'Val' when I was young, so I wanted to be John or Bill. Now I like it. — Val Kilmer