Evli Ciftler Quotes

#1. My word processor has spell-check capability, which lets me add words that didn't originally come in its comprehensive dictionary. It's interesting to see what words I had to add when writing this book: feedback, throughput, overshoot, self-organization, sustainability.

Donella H. Meadows

#2. I was gazing at that full bushel of apples when she made her stunning, preposterous announcement, that I have possibly never recovered from. 'Jim it's over, and the kids and I have decided you should go.

Gabrielle Hamilton

#3. I'm not sure if the Bible is a real book written by God or just a collection of stories for people who need help putting their hearts back together, but it's comforting, and I try not to think about it.

Shaun David Hutchinson

#4. A professional is one who believes he has invented breathing.

Peter Porter

#5. The longer we listen to one another - with real attention - the more commonality we will find in all our lives. That is, if we are careful to exchange with one another life stories and not simply opinions.

Barbara Deming

#6. What makes a mother? Looking at your child and identifying emotion

Jennifer Senior

#7. Muggles was back.

Linda Lael Miller

#8. But when I came, alas, to wive, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain, By swaggering could I never thrive, For the rain it raineth every day.

William Shakespeare

#9. There's a big thing in Canada that parents need to talk to their children about drugs and sex. I don't think talking to your kids about war is any less important than that.

Deborah Ellis

#10. There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

Aaron Johnson

#11. Novelty has a way of intensifying memory. The less often you do something, the deeper the memory burrows in.

Meghan Daum