Galt Niederhoffer Quotes

#1. Have always found it to be one of the more intriguing idiosyncrasies of the human condition that a problem that is handled quickly and effectively will almost always serve to generate more long-term customer loyalty than when the original service was delivered satisfactorily.

Richard Branson

#2. There was no one
nothing else in the world
that had this unbelievable effect on him: thrilling electrification. But just as soon as he acknowledged this gift, he sought to destroy it.

Galt Niederhoffer

#3. But as always, the distance between them gave way to a need to be closer.

Galt Niederhoffer

#4. The sound of his voice was an overwhelming relief, like remembering the name of a beloved song or returning to a childhood haunt to find it totally unchanged. Did he not fee the same swell of relief? Or was he just better at hiding it?

Galt Niederhoffer

#5. My parents, though very loving, were not what one would ever describe as outgoing and therefore when I was young I was quite shy and socially awkward. Having a camera changed all that. It gave me an excuse to go anywhere and approach anybody.

Derek Ridgers

#6. There are good and bad times in a relationship. You start to understand more about how a relationship can go awry when two people spend too much time together. They tend to overlook all of the red flags that pop up early because they want to make it work and they want to believe it's right.

Michael Ealy

#7. When it comes to judging individuals, I do not like remarks such as 'too good to be true.' They speak as though one is rewarding the nature of evil. Yet, ironically, we still wonder where all the good people have gone.

Criss Jami

#8. There was something horribly depressing, she felt, about watching the weather report. That life could be planned like the perfect summer picnic drained it of spontaneity.

Galt Niederhoffer

#9. And she had been in love enough times to rule out the possibility that this was merely some feat of nostalgia.

Galt Niederhoffer

#10. Simply handing over your iPod to a friend, your blind date, or the total stranger sitting next to you on the plane opens you up like a book. (Steven Levy)

Walter Isaacson

#11. Time passed at an accelerated pace. They could be sitting in traffic or talking on the phone or waiting in line for a movie, and their time felt precious, important, worthwhile.

Galt Niederhoffer

#12. Betrayal lived in a separate realm than sex, a realm that was far more innocent, and far more erotic.

Galt Niederhoffer

#13. The Minnesota Republican hierarchy didn't want me to run against their incumbent in 2000; they didn't know who I was. And once many party bigwigs did get to know me, they weren't sure that I could win the seat.

Michele Bachmann

#14. Man becomes what he thinks about.

Rhonda Byrne

#15. I don't think I have some special gift for knowing what's in your heart. I think we both do.

Galt Niederhoffer

#16. If anything was, that the world will always
it can only
disappoint.

Galt Niederhoffer

#17. I guess babysitters are like used cars ... You never really know what you're getting ...

Charles M. Schulz

#18. Was it possible there was some fatal flaw in their matching, that they were ultimately, impossibly different
dissimilar enough to fall in love, but too fundamentally distinct to stay together?

Galt Niederhoffer

#19. Love and hysteria are easily mistaken.

Galt Niederhoffer

#20. She was not brokenhearted because the relationship had ended suddenly; she was brokenhearted because it had never truly ended.

Galt Niederhoffer

#21. Nothing fails like success.

Gerald Nachman

#22. ...there was so much more to life than just money. There were family and friends, there was good, satisfying work, and knowing you had a place on this earth where you were loved and there was nothing to prove.

Natalie Baszile

#23. Did you feel that?' I asked him.

He smiled sadly. 'Fitz, I have never needed to touch you to feel that. It was always there. No limits.

Robin Hobb

#24. Rivalry glued the girls together in a way that regular contact could not.

Galt Niederhoffer

#25. Not to speak would have infused the moment with more meaning than it deserved.

Galt Niederhoffer

#26. The time has come,the Walrus said,

Lewis Carroll

#27. He began to view writing as a petty ambition, a frivolous and indulgent whim, creativity itself as the pathology of the very young or very stupid.

Galt Niederhoffer

#28. The state of being lost, he seemed to imply, granted him a kind of freedom.

Galt Niederhoffer

#29. Everyone has experienced laughing at a funeral, and not even inappropriately. It could be a response to a moment of absurdity or some fond memory. We're human beings so we understand that laughter and crying aren't always disparate emotions.

Harold Ramis

#30. Their looks and personalities were still intact, but some thing had atrophied ever so slightly. Their faces bore the distinct wear of goals gone too long unfulfilled.

Galt Niederhoffer

#31. The map was just an accessory. She knew exactly where she was.

Galt Niederhoffer

#32. Occasionally, she wondered if all couples struggled so much to understand one another, spoke so little at dinner together, spent so much time camped out in front of the TV. Did all women sometimes feel distanced from their man while they were making love?

Galt Niederhoffer

#33. Let me think about the people who I care about the most, and how when they fail or disappoint me ... I still love them, I still give them chances, and I still see the best in them. Let me extend that generosity to myself.

Ze Frank

#34. I don't outline at all; I don't find it useful, and I don't like the way it boxes me in. I like the element of surprise and spontaneity, of letting the story find its own way.

Khaled Hosseini