Barton Biggs Famous Quotes

#1. Excuse me," said the owner of the metal hand in a voice that would have made an insect of a more sentimental disposition collapse in tears.
This was not such an insect, and it couldn't stand robots.
"Yes, sir," it snapped, "can I help you?"
"I doubt it," said Marvin.

Douglas Adams

#2. Investment banking is not a business; it is a personal service where bankers work hand in hand with their clients. And it is a service that must not simply be about making bigger and bigger deals that reap rewards for only a small group of executives.

Felix Rohatyn

#3. Deveels are some of the meanest characters you'd ever not want to tangle with. They're some of the most feared and respected characters in the dimensions."
"Are they warriors? Mercenaries?"
Aahz shook his head.
"Worse!" he answered. "They're merchants.

Robert Asprin

#4. Inside me! I gasp, and all the muscles deep in my belly clench. My inner goddess is doing the dance of the seven veils.

E.L. James

#5. A most malicious cough

Charles Dickens

#6. I'm not one of those artists having people there lying around on their paintings, you know, like Hockney or whoever.

Peter Doig

#7. I don't think I can pick apart how I was influenced by which author. But these were the authors whose books I went back to again and again when I was in high school and college, when I first started trying to write stories.

Martha Wells

#8. As to marriage, I think the intercourse of heart and mind may be fully enjoyed without entering into this partnership of daily life.

Margaret Fuller