John Claypool Quotes

#1. It's fun to get a message on the phone service that Lucille Ball or Burt Reynolds called, and play it very blase by asking, 'Anyone else?'

Charles Nelson Reilly

#2. The real meaning of mercy is that it can look on failure and still see a future.

John Claypool

#3. I enjoy my John Deere tractor quite a lot. It's a tool that I must use to keep Mother Nature at bay. I have all kinds of things encroaching on my property.

Les Claypool

#4. The ideal form of common stock analysis leads to a valuation of the issue which can be compared with the current price to determine whether or not the security is an attractive purchase.

Benjamin Graham

#5. I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it.

Taylor Caldwell

#6. I created Evel Knievel, and then he sort of got away from me.

Evel Knievel

#7. A speech is entertaining only when serenely detached from all information.

Henry F. Ashurst

#8. I'll never be the size that has single digits and my thighs will always touch when I walk but I'm ok with that.

Sugar Jamison

#9. Because when I first saw you I thought-no, I knew-you were special. Because I still think that every time I look at you. Because I think you're smart and funny and brave. But most of all," he grins at me- "because I like questions.

Elizabeth Scott

#10. She was part wide-eyed wood nymph, part awkward society miss, and - he was beginning to realize - part testy library elf.

Karen Hawkins

#11. I am someone that is very competitive. When I'm on the field, I compete. When I'm practicing, when I'm in meetings. I'm a competitor in everything.

Tim Tebow

#12. they were really having fun being cynical, and I didn't want to ruin it.

Stephen Chbosky

#13. Indeed, when all parties campaign effectively the overall effect is to push up voting rates, as you see in tight marginal seats or close general elections. That must be good for democracy.

Lucy Powell

#14. If we are willing, the experience of grief can deepen and widen our ability to participate in life.

John Claypool

#15. Just because a company falls doesn't invalidate what we can learn by studying that company when it was at its historical best.

James C. Collins

#16. Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced.

Ethel Merman

#17. She entered Roshar's tent. "I need your help." Blinking, he propped himself up on his bed. He said groggily, "And I need a real door. With a lock.

Marie Rutkoski