Elwood G. Norris (Woody Norris) Quotes
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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
Quintilian -
I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want someone who made it interesting.
Edith Wharton -
Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
Oscar Wilde -
This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.
Jack Vance -
A lot of people love the idea of improvising but are terrified of it, so I tried to make a book that was not a chef's book about improvising but a real home cook's book with a real home cook's pantry, supermarket ingredients, that sort of thing.
Sally Schneider
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I mean, don't forget the earth's about five thousand million years old, at least. Who can afford to live in the past?
Harold Pinter -
Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.
B. B. King -
I'd rather sing a good lyric written by someone else than one of my own that is terrible.
Vanessa Paradis -
Should you be so unfortunate as to suppose you are a genius, and that 'things will come to you,' it would be well to undeceive yourself as soon as possible. Make up your mind that industry must be the price of all you obtain, and at once begin to pay down.
Orison Swett Marden -
I'm definitely somewhat of a tomboy. I grew up a pretty big tomboy, actually, and was really obsessed with basketball.
Rachele Brooke Smith -
I love children.
Taraji P. Henson
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What beauty can compare to that of a cantina in the early morning?
Malcolm Lowry -
Theology is now little more than a branch of human ignorance. Indeed, it is ignorance with wings.
Sam Harris -
When I analyse myself and my reactions or behaviour, there is the act and the actor. There is a division between the two and that creates conflict between 'what is' and 'what should be'.
Jiddu Krishnamurti -
One should always sleep in all of one's guest beds, to make sure that they are comfortable. (11 September 1941)
Eleanor Roosevelt -
When I was a struggling actress in New York in my 20s I worked in a burger joint called Diane's Uptown. I actually loved waiting tables. I still keep who I was in my mind and never take anything for granted.
Sandra Bullock -
The reason it seems that price is all your customers care about is that you haven't given them anything else to care about.
Seth Godin
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The economic costs of starting your own business can be significant; in fact, most new startup companies fail because of undercapitalization.
Fabrizio Moreira -
Money is available from investors as long as you have a great business model and a talented leader.
Masayoshi Son -
I go to work the minute I open my eyes.
Lynda Barry -
I'm an inventor. I don't enjoy running the business.
Elwood G. Norris