Wittes La Vernia Quotes & Sayings

Based on my study of Harvard undergraduates, the average number of romantic relationships over four years is less than one. The average number of sexual partners, if you're curious, is 0.5 per student. (I have no idea what 0.5 sexual partners means, but it sounds like the scientific equivalent of second base.) In my survey, I found that among these brilliant Harvard students, 24 percent are unaware if they are currently involved in any romantic relationship. What — Shawn Achor

WHEN HE WAS a young man Billy Beane could beat anyone at anything. — Michael Lewis

Yes. This, all that's happening now, this is your bat mitzvah. You can play with atoms, you can sit with the grown-ups."
"What does that mean for us?"
"That means you won't be forgiven for childhood mistakes anymore. — Sylvain Neuvel

Forget it." She turned to the closed door of the bathroom. "Forget I said anything. I take it back." Just as she pulled the door open, he was behind her, slamming it shut.
With one hand planted in front of her face, Max said next to her ear, "You can't take it back now."
"Yes, I can."
"No." He leaned his big body into her and shoved her against the door. "I heard you." His hot breath brushed her temple. "You love me Lola. I won't let you take it back. You can't ever take it back. — Rachel Gibson

I'm a comedian, for God's sake. Viewers shouldn't trust me. And you know what? They're hip enough to know they shouldn't trust me. I'm just doing stand-up comedy. — Dennis Miller

Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward. — Wilma Mankiller

Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in the name of good. — Marie Von Ebner-Eschenbach

The world did not end with a bang, nor did it end with a whimper. It was more of a chomp. And a slurp. — J. Rudolph

"I pay my taxes," says somebody, as if that were an act of virtue instead of one of compulsion. — Robert Menzies

What is the use of good painting? We want a spell cast upon the optical part of our existence! We seldom really see the world, but when we do, we become as still as a picture. — Robert Musil

The Lord's hand in in our lives; if we will but feel for it, in the darkness, we can grasp it and be lifted thereby. — James E. Talmage

Gods are like people. They believe anything if you tell them right way. — James Clavell