Eda LeShan Quotes
It is strange but true that although we may have learned all sorts of important facts while raising our own children, when we become grandparents we still tend to forget a whole lot of things we knew.
Quotes to Explore
-
Wearing nice lingerie makes me feel really glamorous. I love to splurge on that.
-
Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
-
I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
-
I'll tell you something: my dad was a nuclear engineer and he was really bright, and I've always said that because of negotiating at such a young age with my dad, it was really such a gift because I could then negotiate with very difficult personalities - and not end up being the scapegoat. I learned to really pick and choose my battles.
-
I think that cancer is a life form that exists out there, and it exists in us. I think even the concept of healing is a spiritual principle that we have to really look at. I think the word itself is something we ought to get rid of, because it implies that there is illness - that there is something wrong.
-
My father became the Mayor of Indian Wells, California, a tony desert enclave of rich, conservative Republicans.
-
The person who takes the oath of office in the next four months will shape not just the next four years, but the next forty years of our nation. In these next four years, we need proven leadership, proven judgment and proven values. America needs four more years of President Barack Obama.
-
Mum and Dad were both happy for me to do what I wanted.
-
We tell applicants, 'If you don't intend to be here for life, you needn't apply.'
-
Ultimately, our goal was to be a band and be recognized for our songs and making records. And I think that has been the case.
-
A girl can tell I like her when I blush or start telling bad jokes.
-
I think it's really important to remind, reinforce people that their lives have value, you know? That their lives have worth.
-
I'm not a big fan of Putin. I'm not a big fan of Russia.
-
I've been singing since I was born. It's something I do everywhere I go. In the shower, walking down the street. I don't need any impetus to do it. I just sing.
-
We want to help U.S. entrepreneurs, small business owners, and brands and companies of all sizes sell their goods to the growing Chinese consumer class. Chinese consumers will get to buy the American products they want. This, in turn, will help create American jobs and increase U.S. exports.
-
They wouldn't let me into Germany from 1998-2000 because I bumped into the chancellor's daughter on my skateboard.
-
My grand plan is that I can master having a better life by making sure I have a regular flow of songs. Then I can give myself time to tour or celebrate or write a film score.
-
In both the world of fashion and politics, what's required to succeed is passion, dedication, and vision.
-
Social peace requires reciprocity.
-
There are two kinds of satisfaction or happiness: one mainly through mental peace; another physical comfort
-
If a guy works, and he has children, it's good, and he doesn't feel the same guilt about not being there for the children as a woman would. With a woman, there's that pull: 'Oh, I should be home,' when she's at work, and 'Oh, I should be at work,' when she's at home.
-
I've noticed that the children of other nations always seem precocious. That's because the strange manners of their elders have caught our attention most and the children echo those manners enough to seem like their parents.
-
Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose it’s an early form of participation in what goes on. Listening children know stories are there. When their elders sit and begin, children are just waiting and hoping for one to come out, like a mouse from its hole.
-
It is strange but true that although we may have learned all sorts of important facts while raising our own children, when we become grandparents we still tend to forget a whole lot of things we knew.
