Charles Tansley Quotes

#1. Frankly, earmarking is not the problem. It is a symptom of the problem.

Claire McCaskill

#2. We need, in other words, to learn how to enjoy things without feeling entitled to them and without clinging to them.

William B. Irvine

#3. I've always admired the tradition of storytellers who sat in the public market and told their stories to gathered crowds. They'd start with a single premise and talk for hours - the notion of one story, ever-changing but never-ending.

Nicolas Roeg

#4. I was extremely curious growing up. I taught myself how to sew, French braid, and cook. When I wasn't creating things with my hands, I was learning more about tech. I was experimenting with email at nine, had my first cell phone at 13, and was truly obsessed with the Internet as a teenager.

Brit Morin

#5. I may be the old-media id, but I think I may be entitled to some credit for being a new-media pioneer.

Bill Keller

#6. Surprise! The returns reported by mutual funds aren't actually earned by mutual fund investors.

John C. Bogle

#7. In a thousand years, you could hold the entirety of the city in the palm of your hand.

Rick Yancey

#8. In this case, a mother, noted for her beauty, might be reduced to a purple shadow ... (Tansley to Lily on her painting of the house & grounds)

Virginia Woolf

#9. I will persist. I will always take another step. If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another.

Og Mandino