Wirtschaftswunder Quotes & Sayings

I just like to have cereal in the morning, but it'll be those cluster things - it's a bit random - and through the day, I like just pasta, plain pasta with a bit of sauce on it, never too much in case I get a bad belly ... and jelly just before I go on for a bit of energy! — Jade Jones

Mother Mother Ocean, I have heard your call. — Jimmy Buffett

Your parents could always hurt you, no matter how old you were. — Cassandra Clare

Having lost the last war, they are currently enjoying a Wirtschaftswunder , which can be briefly translated as The best way to own a Mercedes is to build one. — Alan Coren

It is practice first, and knowledge afterwards. — Swami Vivekananda

You could do this every day for the next ten years and you still would not have killed as many things as I have. — Mark Tufo

To pray with others is good. To pray alone is even better. — Art Hochberg

Jameson, the teacher who ran drama club, would call her name any minute to audition for the lead role! That — Callie Barkley

New York establishment isn't really a literary establishment. It's just a collection of broken down old newspaper hacks who pass judgment on books that they have not even read, with assuredness of Jehova. — James Purdy

Their promise, my children's possibilities, still linger in our home. — Sonali Deraniyagala

Upon awakening in the morning, I wondered if the proceedings of the night before had been a dream. It was hard to believe that I was the world's heavyweight champion. — Gene Tunney

This sadness wasn't a huge part of me
I wasn't remotely depressed
but still, it was like a stone I carried in my pocket. I always knew it was there. [p. 179] — Dani Shapiro

"It's a workshop. Nothing but tools."
"So why would it be locked?" I asked.
"I'd love to say it's suspicious," SImon said. "But if this Banks guy had kids around, then I'm not surprised. My dad isn't exactly Mr. Handyman, but he kept a lock on his toolbox. You know parents, Paranoid."
"Yeah," Derek said. "Especially after their son flattens his fingers trying to nail a drawing to the wall."
"Hey, I'm not the genius who suggested it." Simon glanced at me. "Tape wouldn't hold it, and Science Guy explained that the paper was too heavy for the adhesive. So I got some nails."
Derek rolled his eyes. — Kelley Armstrong

Make yourself useful, not just on a day to day basis, but as a lifetime thing. — Julia Stiles

No actor is a success unless he feels inside himself, as long as he lives, that he is good. — Stella Adler

God forgive the church of Jesus Christ for trading its birthright access to the transcendent for the pot of stew that is horizontal helpfulness. How shortsighted and human centered. The outcome of this disaster is that we have created a Creator in our own image who weeps, cares, and longs to help, but in the end we doubt He can because we have made Him so much like ourselves. In making God our buddy, we find Him nice for cuddling but not much help when the hurricane comes. — James MacDonald