Ellin Keene Quotes

#1. For taxpayers, however, it's [pay equity] a rip-off. And it has nothing to do with gender. Both men and women taxpayers will pay additional money to both men and women in the civil service. That's why the federal government should scrap its ridiculous pay equity law.

Stephen Harper

#2. But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropp'd manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, 4 to perplex and dash Maturest counsels.

John Milton

#3. Words are wind, even words like love and peace. I put more trust in deeds.

George R R Martin

#4. The most important thing is spiritual labor...Books...You can wear the same suit for twenty years, two coats are enough for a lifetime, but you can't live without Pushkin or the complete works of Gorky.

Svetlana Alexievich

#5. Action based on hope just felt better than the paralysis of certainty.

Christopher Moore

#6. The internet population is going up and up. I am confident that this will be a huge market.

Robin Li

#7. In the wake of my talk with Earl, we had come to a mutual understanding about Lena, the only kind guys ever come to. Meaning, I hadn't brought it up, and they hadn't brought it up, and between us, we somehow all agreed to go on like this indefinitely. Don't ask, don't tell.

Kami Garcia

#8. Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself.

Harriet Nelson

#9. Creativity and passion dwindle when hungry. Premiums for talent are easier to demand when desperation isn't part of the equation. If I'm established, I can demand $350 an hour. If I'm desperate, I may accept $5.

John-Talmage Mathis

#10. That specific remedy for the worldwide epidemic of depression is a gift called the blues.

Kurt Vonnegut

#11. Whoever hired me might've just heard 'Refugee.' Well, I'm not the secret to 'Refugee.' The secret to 'Refugee' is the song. But if somebody really good calls me up to play on something because they like the way I played on 'Refugee,' then I wind up playing on another really good song.

Benmont Tench

#12. Neither my father nor grandfather could put dates to their stories. Not because they had forgotten or were confused; the past was simply the past.

V.S. Naipaul