Evelyn Boyd Granville Quotes

#1. Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope.

Irving Layton

#2. The only real access that I have to my mind is when I'm writing.

Kay Ryan

#3. Fantasy football is not only a good thing, but a great thing.

Jay Mohr

#4. Who are you? You don't belong to the police?' 'I am better than the police,' said Poirot. He said it without conscious arrogance. It was, to him, a simple statement of fact.

Agatha Christie

#5. Harriet glanced after her as she went manoeuvering her broad and vigorous backside between the tables, and asked: 'What does Nikko do?'
'Why nothing. He's married to Bella.

Olivia Manning

#6. I always smile when I hear that women cannot excel in mathematics.

Evelyn Boyd Granville

#7. Invariably when something upsets you, and you have a strong emotional reaction out of proportion to the moment, your shadow self has just been exposed. So watch for any overreactions or overdenials.

Richard Rohr

#8. The wind is rising... we must attempt to live.

Paul Valery

#9. We accepted education as the means to rise above the limitations that a prejudiced society endeavored to place upon us.

Evelyn Boyd Granville