Lisko Quotes

#1. Pvt. Robert Fruling said he spent two and a half days at Pointe-du-Hoc, all of it crawling on his stomach. He returned on the twenty-fifth anniversary of D-Day "to see what the place looked like standing up" (Louis Lisko interview, EC).

Stephen E. Ambrose

#2. For me there is no such word as 'luck' in the dictionary.

Fabrice Muamba

#3. I learned embroidery," Kaede said, "But you can't kill anyone with a needle."
"You can," Shizuka said offhandedly. "I'll show you one day.

Lian Hearn

#4. We have only to keep the end in view, and have our hearts thoroughly engaged in the pursuit of it, and means will not be very difficult.

William Carey

#5. In many ways, education is a lousy business. Teachers are not normal economic actors; almost all of them work for less money than they might fetch in some other industry, given their skills and advanced degrees.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

#6. The Tea Party is clearing gunk out of the fuel lines of this country. It started with throwing out Democrats, but the Republicans are going to be next. We're doing what needs to be done for the sake of the country.

Brad Thor

#7. How we seek to spend our time may depend on how much time we perceive ourselves to have.

Atul Gawande

#8. I replaced three joints in my hips and one in my knee. I'm hoping that other knee doesn't have to be done. It's one of the toughest things to overcome.

Phil Jackson

#9. I gave you painted air - tears I couldn't weep - truths I couldn't speak - all the words that caught in my throat ...

John Geddes

#10. Always the right question is considered the unrelated one.

M.F. Moonzajer

#11. When you meet powerful men or just read about them in the newspapers, you see that they don't have a sense of boundaries.

Bob Shacochis

#12. I hate that word. It's return
a return to the millions of people who've never forgiven me for deserting the screen.

Billy Wilder