Westing Quotes & Sayings

Who were these people, these specially selected tenants? They were mothers and fathers and children. A dressmaker, a secretary, an inventor, a doctor, a judge. And, oh yes, one was a bookie, one was a burglar, one was a bomber, and one was a mistake. — Ellen Raskin

You'll never be successful until I don't have to give you a dime to do what you do. — Eric Thomas

Your trouble comes from years of wearing the wrong kind of shoes. - Jake Wexler — Ellen Raskin

Our democratic system, national identity, and international space must be respected. Any forms of suppression will harm the stability of cross-strait relations. — Tsai Ing-wen

We will not fall, we will not fail; for our homes will be founded on Jesus Christ. — Robert D. Hales

We're guessing at our future opportunity cost. Warrenis guessing that he'll have the opportunity to put capital out at high rates of return, so he's not willing to put it out at less than 10% now. But if we knew interest rates would stay at 1%, we'd change. Our hurdles reflect our estimate of future opportunity costs. — Charlie Munger

Sandy fidgeted with his pen. "There's something I didn't write down. Maybe I shouldn't tell you, you being a judge and all, but, well, Jake Wexler ... he's a bookie."
No, he should not have told her. "A small-time operator, I'm sure, Mr. McSouthers," the judge replied coldly. "It can have no bearing on the matter before us. Sam Westing manipulated people, cheated workers, bribed officials, stole ideas, but Sam Westing never smoked or drank or placed a bet. Give me a bookie any day over such a fine, upstanding, clean-living man. — Ellen Raskin

The poor are crazy, the rich just eccentric. - James Shin Hoo — Ellen Raskin

I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it. — Anonymous

It's not the dying but the manner of it. — Wilbur Smith

The juice is worth the squeeze — Forrest Griffin

Smiling without good reason is demeaning. — Ellen Raskin

I wanted to be a visual artist because I grew up around a lot of painters and photographers and had a very artistic upbringing. And I fantasized about being a drug-dealer when I was a kid. I thought it would be a good opportunity; I knew that the market would be strong. Is that bizarre? — Jared Leto

Here, on the river's verge, I could be busy for months without changing my place, simply leaning a little more to right or left. — Paul Cezanne