Basic Eight Quotes

#1. The Basic Eight and Watch Your Mouth both have first-person voices, and I ended up investigating those voices and investing so much in them that I think many people took them more seriously than they ought to have.

Daniel Handler

#2. As Jeopardy devotees know, if you're trying to win on the show, the buzzer is all. On any given night, nearly all the contestants know nearly all the answers, so it's just a matter of who masters buzzer rhythm the best.

Ken Jennings

#3. You could make mistakes when you lived together because you knew you'd wake up the next morning with another chance.

Ariel Sabar

#4. We breathe our deepest during sleep.
When we are in the state of full rest.
We are able to be.

J.R. Rim

#5. Unpopular but right is what you're going for.

Sam Altman

#6. Faith today is not enough for tomorrow. It must be constantly renewed by a conscious act.

Luci Shaw

#7. Evidence is now available to indicate that the 14-to-18- year-old group is an increasing segment of the smoking population. RJR-T must soon establish a successful new brand in this market if our position in the industry is to be maintained over the long term.

R. J. Reynolds

#8. She spun the car through a right turn that would have killed us all had we been minor characters.

Daniel Handler

#9. It never hurts to apologize, especially if you don't mean it.

Jim Bouton

#10. I was in television drama, which is a first cousin to the movies, and I trust myself to make the right decisions.

Lee Child

#11. In war, all choices are evil.

David Hair

#12. My goal in life is to be content. By that I don't mean "fine" or "basically satisfied." I don't mean settling. I mean, for last of better terms, feeling like I'm in the right life.

Meghan Daum

#13. Science is a collection of successful recipes.

Paul Valery

#14. Being vintage like a fine wine
Should make you proud of being old
And being mature like a cheese
Certainly explains the mould!
Fester on undaunted into your 7th decade

John Walter Bratton

#15. Kids take up all available time - it's the basic law of parenthood. No matter how much time you give them, whether you work from eight to eight or are around the house all the time, you'll still feel you haven't been there enough for them.

Myrna Blyth

#16. I agree not to expect anything from Mother or you, but I do want to buy Undine and Sintran for myself. I've wanted it so long, said Jo, who was a bookworm.

Louisa May Alcott