Maissa Bey Quotes

#1. Dr. Peggy McIntosh from the Wellesley Centers for Women, gave a talk called "Feeling Like a Fraud."1 She explained that many people, but especially women, feel fraudulent when they are praised for their accomplishments.

Sheryl Sandberg

#2. No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.

James F. Cooper

#3. Always lust for the best, because life is too short to be an ordinary.

M.H. Rakib

#4. Leadership is making happen what wouldn't happen anyway and this always entails working at the edge of what is acceptable

Richard Pascale

#5. Just because you read a report in the 'New York Times,' the 'Economist,' or, yes, 'The New Yorker' doesn't make it true. But we do know that a few people have evaluated that story with what strikes me as fairly objective standards of reason.

Michael Specter

#6. Fuck." He stares at me for a long time. "You're the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. This is the most beautiful thing I've ever felt."
And those are the most beautiful words that have ever been said to me.

L. H. Cosway

#7. One hundred years ago, visionary political leaders from the Progressive Era established a system of national forests and parks in our country that are the envy of the world and today are the treasure of an entire nation. Why not a similar, global vision for our generation?

Eban Goodstein

#8. Once your mind is caught on the right snag, there's nothing so hard about the mechanics of writing.

Anne Tyler

#9. Have I turned into a motorized preacher? We spend so much time in cars that if you don't try to get some experiences out of it, you can go crazy.

Mick Jagger

#10. All he knew was that he was now a human whose name was Gregor Samsa.

Haruki Murakami