David Spellman Quotes

#1. David Spellman was born perfect. Eight pounds even, with a full head of hair and unblemished skin, he cried for a brief moment right after his birth (to let the doctor know he was breathing), then stopped abruptly, probably out of politeness.

Lisa Lutz

#2. Cosimo stretched out his arms. 'I came up here before you, my lords, and here I will stay afterwards too!'
-'You want to withdraw!' cried El Conde.
-'No, to resist,' replied the Baron.

Italo Calvino

#3. Stress wouldn't be so hard to take if it were chocolate covered.

Jill Shalvis

#4. You know the fairy-tale drill, especially from the Disney versions: the heroines endure awful stuff in rites of passage that lead to a joyous resolution of, usually, marriage to a prince. 'Into the Woods' follows that template, then asks, 'What happens after Happy Ever After?'

Richard Corliss

#5. The U.N. charter bars the threat of force.

Noam Chomsky

#6. When you're doing collaborative music, the relationship that forms is a very bonding kind of experience.

Condoleezza Rice

#7. I know the Hall of Fame is the more sought-after thing. But I'm getting a bigger charge out of my uniform number being put away. Everything I worked hard for and wished for came true.

Hal Newhouser

#8. Outsiders tend to be the first to recognize the inadequacies of our social institutions. But, precisely because they are outsiders, they are usually in a poor position to fix them.

Atul Gawande

#9. Indeed, I find it illuminating to consider to what extent our "classical conditions" for economic growth are satisfied in the current, monopolistic phase of capitalism.

Paul A. Baran

#10. It is fine to stand upon some lofty mountain thought, and feel the spirit stretch into a view.

Philip James Bailey

#11. While he bore no real resemblance to anyone in my family, his features were a collection of my mother's and father's best attributes, with a few of Gregory Peck's thrown in.

Lisa Lutz

#12. Hogwarts, it is not, thought the Doctor, realising that no one would appreciate this reference for almost a century.

Eoin Colfer