Affectedness Quotes

#1. Before, prior to. There is no difference between these two except length and a certain affectedness on the part of 'prior to.' To paraphrase Bernstein, if you would use 'posterior to' instead of 'after,' then by all means use 'prior to' instead of 'before.

Bill Bryson

#2. We are not killers," Gideon says firmly.
"In my experience everyone is a killer." Baz's eyes go cold. He leans back against the wall. "Or a victim. Some people just need a little coaxing to choose a side.

Paula Stokes

#3. I come from a large family, but I was not raised with a fortune. Something more was left me, and that was family values.

Dikembe Mutombo

#4. A laugh jumps out of my mouth, surprising me. I can't even remember the last time I laughed and it puts me on edge. I suddenly want to do the same thing to her. Let her see how it feels to teeter on that cliff.

Nyrae Dawn

#5. I try to keep my confidence on the charts, but I'm a confident guy as well. You've got to be that way. If you don't think that you're the best, then you won't perform that way.

Robert Griffin III

#6. The only way love ever affected death was in making it more painful.

Scott Frost

#7. Somehow, later, exhausted and dismayed by these sapping, abrasive, attriting episodes, they came to a sort of truce; but it was at the expense of any closeness.

Iain M. Banks

#8. The notion that public service requires men and women of good character now seems quaint.

Elliott Abrams

#9. Please, please, please, my dear competition. We can beat each other and fight each other as much as we want and argue, but do not predict how a system really works when you really don't know and don't want to know. Either be better informed, or don't do it.

Hasso Plattner