Finessing Someone Quotes

#1. The notion of a record is an obsolete remnant of the days of the 80-column card.

Dennis Ritchie

#2. So long, and thanks for all the fish!!

Jan Raymond

#3. There is one thing, Emma, which a man can always do if he chooses, and that is his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing, but by vigour and resolution. - Mr. Knightley

Jane Austen

#4. An absolute monarch, who is rich without patrimony, may be charitable without merit; and Constantine too easily believed that he should purchase the favour of Heaven if he maintained the idle at the expense of the industrious, and distributed among the saints the wealth of the republic.

Edward Gibbon

#5. In Plains, I saw Jimmy Carter as he really is - a nice, decent man ... in terms of compassionate contribution to society, he certainly has proven to be our best past president.

Helen Thomas

#6. There is, I think, great difficulty in writing of one's self: it is almost impossible to present subjects where the chief actor must be conspicuous and not seem to be, or really be, egotistical.

Dorothea Dix

#7. Hell [ ... ] is the absence of God and the presence of Time.

Glen Duncan

#8. When you thought about it, it was sort of a blue-eyed wonder that women could love the best of them, let alone the rest of them.

Stephen King

#9. To have been described long ago to a recent acquaintance by nameless people is irresistible.

Jane Austen

#10. Entrepreneurs embody the promise of America: the idea that if you have a good idea and are willing to work hard and see it through, you can succeed in this country. And in fulfilling this promise, entrepreneurs also play a critical role in expanding our economy and creating jobs.

Barack Obama

#11. As I'm writing, I start to see connections, and themes I didn't see, and that sparks other things. So then I go back and rewrite things or alter them. It's a combination of intuition and a lot of finessing. It becomes a combination of the rational and the irrational.

Charlie Kaufman

#12. Shared laughter creates a bond of friendship.

Lee Grant

#13. By learning about my body and making small, subtle changes, I find out what I enjoy and what is effective. I'm always finessing: adjusting my diet and my workouts. You have to figure out which exercises are fun and interesting and stimulate your brain - or else you'll never keep at them.

Lisa Edelstein

#14. My coach is, 'Look at Novak. Look at him. They're so ripped.' I'm like, 'Yeah, well, I can't look like that.'

Ana Ivanovic

#15. When I sing, I think mostly about the music. But I know that, through singing, my body shows everything that I am. I am a very passionate man and I suffer a lot and have a lot of joy also. In my opinion, it is very important for me to find this stimulus and motivation for singing.

Andrea Bocelli

#16. Thanks," I said after a small stretch of silence, "for not giving up on me.

Alexandra Bracken

#17. But it was excruciating to emerge from my eerie submarine existence into this harsh stampede of noise and light.

Donna Tartt

#18. Alex resisted the urge to throw Seb off the balcony and see if he could fly.

L.A. Weatherly