Wiand Lab Quotes & Sayings

An idea is not necessarily good because it is old, or necessarily bad because it is new, but if an old idea works, then the weight of the evidence is all in its favor. Ideas are of themselves extraordinarily valuable, but an idea is just an idea. Almost any one can think up an idea. The thing that counts is developing it into a practical product. — Henry Ford

He had referred to blurbs as the blood diamonds of publishing. — Gabrielle Zevin

We're the ones who fill in the blank spaces. Maybe we can make it different. — Lois Lowry

I struggled to get through high school. I didn't get to go to college. But it made me realize you can do anything if you want to bad enough. — S. Truett Cathy

The Founding Fathers would be sorry to see that America had become so divided and factionalized. — Michael Beschloss

You know, I think Chris Nolan is an incredibly intelligent filmmaker, and I think Leonardo DiCaprio is an incredibly talented actor. — Ryan Kavanaugh

It makes it easier, if you can't do an American accent. I don't know. It's different. I played a character in Never Let Me Go where the script for my character was very sparse, and I enjoyed it. With Never Let Me Go, I had a whole book written from my character's point of view, so I always knew where I was. But, with Ryan [Gosling], it was just easy. He's such a brilliant actor and he is so prepared. He doesn't have to warm himself up to be in a scene. He's just in it. It draws you in, in a way. — Carey Mulligan

Where are you?" he asked. "I'm right here" she said. "I know, but it feels like one percent of you is somewhere else, where is that one percent?" he said. "I don't know ... I think I'm always like that ... " she answered. "I like that." "You do?" "Yes, because that way, I have to always look for the one percent to find it. — C. JoyBell C.

Our thoughts are epochs in our lives; all else is but as a journal of the winds that blow while we are here. — Henry David Thoreau

On the New York Stock Exchange, all buy and sell orders are routed through a single 'specialist,' guaranteeing that most small trades can be matched directly. But most larger trades are delivered to the specialist on the floor of the exchange by human brokers, a system that big investors view as increasingly inefficient. — Alex Berenson

Often men who have been emotionally neglected and abused as children by dominating mothers bond with assertive women, only to have their childhood feelings of being engulfed surface. While they could not 'smash their mommy' and still receive love, they find that they can engage in intimate violence with partners who respond to their acting out by trying harder to connect with them emotionally, hoping that the love offered in the present will heal the wounds of the past. If only one party in the relationship is working to create love, to create the space of emotional connection, the dominator model remains in place and the relationship just becomes a site for continuous power struggle. — Bell Hooks

God shall not forgive that person until he forgives his brother, for rancor is a serious affliction that festers in one's heart and blocks good things from coming to one. — Hamza Yusuf

Wrong Turn 1 and 2 are pretty interesting films, but they need little more work on special effects! — Deyth Banger

Well, for cool native impudence and pure innate pride, you haven't your equal — Charlotte Bronte