Yournorthlandcable Quotes & Sayings

Look," said Roark evenly, and pointed at the window. "Can you see the campus and the town? Do you see how many men are walking and living down there? Well, I don't give a damn what any or all of them think about architecture - or about anything else, for that matter. Why should I consider what their grandfathers thought of it? — Ayn Rand

When I lost the Wimbledon 2012 final, I didn't know if I'd ever win a slam. — Andy Murray

Time was nothing. Seconds were days, were years, were the breaths that caught between their mouths and the bite of Neil's fingernails against his palms, the scrape of teeth against his lower lip and the warm slide of a tongue against his. — Nora Sakavic

It's sad, the lottery. Good projects get funded by it, but there's an air of desperation about it. — Nina Conti

If you're ninety-five percent of the way to outstanding success, doesn't it make sense to go the additional five percent of the way? ... A marathon which takes hours to run, can be won or lost by a matter of seconds. — Ralph Marston

It is a career that can be enhanced or destroyed by success. — Warren Cuccurullo

Wine has been to me a firm friend and a wise counsellor. Wine has lit up for me the pages of literature, and revealed in life romance lurking in the commonplace. Wine has made me bold, but not foolish; has induced me to say silly things, but not do them. If such small indiscretions standing in the debit column of wine's account were added up, they would amount to nothing in comparison with the vast accumulation on the credit side. — Duff Cooper

In high school I had sex with girls quite a few times. They were straight women who I convinced to jump in the sack with me. — Portia De Rossi