My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.

Having bought furniture for my own house, and bought furniture for our house in Washington, a furniture store seemed like a good idea, and it also played into my personal history.

Elizabeth Edwards

Our business is infested with idiots who try to impress by using pretentious jargon.

David Ogilvy

Nobody ever died of laughter.

Max Beerbohm

It is time to return to core values, time to get back to basics , to self-discipline and respect for the law, to consideration for the others, to accepting responsibility for yourself and your family - and not shuffling it off on other people and the state.

John Major

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The moment Colin sat down, Hollis asked Hassan, Would you like to say grace? Sure thing. Hassan cleared his throat. Bismallah. Then he picked up his fork. That's it? Hollis wondered. That's it. We are a terse people. Terse, and also hungry.

John Green

The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.

Stendhal

You're a disaster for us, Clary! You're a mundane, you'll always be one, you'll never be a Shadowhunter! You don't know how to think like we do, think about what's best for everyone-- all you think about is yourself! But there's a war now, or there will be, and I don't have time or the inclination to follow around after you, trying to make sure you don't get us killed! Go home, Clary. Go home!

Cassandra Clare

I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.

Michael Tippett

Blessings ever wait on virtuous deeds, and though a late, a sure reward succeeds.

William Congreve

A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home.

Chinese Proverb

Not since the steam engine has any invention disrupted business models like the Internet. Whole industries including music distribution, yellow-pages directories, landline telephones, and fax machines have been radically reordered by the digital revolution.

John Sununu