Desch Nes Commission Quotes

#1. Pleasures are ever in our hands or eyes;
And when in act they cease, in prospect rise.

Alexander Pope

#2. The adrenaline gets pumping and you just got to forget about [injuries] and play.

Baron Davis

#3. Noa had been a sensitive child who had believed that if he followed all the rules and was the best, then somehow, the hostile world would change its mind. His death may have been her fault for having allowed him to believe such cruel ideals

Min Jin Lee

#4. The United Kingdom has traditionally been a very small market, and even though you had such a creative group of designers, they represented a risk to department stores.

Natalie Massenet

#5. Being behind a camera, in front of the camera, is my own little deconstructionist niche.

Joshua Leonard

#6. Having contemplated this admirable grove, I proceeded towards the shrubberies on the banks of the river, and though it was now late in December, the aromatic groves appeared in full bloom.

William Bartram

#7. I'm embarrassed that people will know that I can't ride a bicycle. For years, I have been feigning bad ankles and saying I wasn't in the mood for a bike ride.

Jill Soloway

#8. For one thing, I like to walk when I play golf. Now I don't walk the whole way, but I try not to be the driver when in a cart.

Darrell Royal

#9. If you're afraid of death, I would say, either fight for your life or come to grips with the fact you may not make it. And in doing that there shouldn't be bitterness. There should be a celebration. There should be an understanding of how lucky you are. That's how I feel.

Robby Benson

#10. You know about women who work in bars." "What about them?" Bing asked. "Whores," Manx said. "Almost all of them. At least until their looks go, and in the case of Lily Carter's mother they're going fast.

Joe Hill

#11. If, one day, you find yourself involved in a dirty game, keep in mind that you end up screwed unless you screw your opponent over.

Gina Wings

#12. My heart occasionally stuttered, out of sync, out of power - almost
as if it recognised death and wanted to give in. I forced it to do the bare essentials, keeping me from a grave. I was in the coffin ready to be buried, but I wasn't a corpse just yet.

Pepper Winters

#13. Nobody can be successful if he doesn't love his work, love his job.

David Sarnoff