Mercators Home Quotes

#1. Success in war and preservation of a country's social framework as a purpose at least equal in importance to welfare of individuals.

Simon Kuznets

#2. I was a nerd academically. But I was also an athlete and a musician. I never wanted to be shut out of any situation. I think it was that more than anything.

Brian McKnight

#3. It was safe to assume he'd not only read the play but then re-read it, cross-referenced the annotations, and probably joined an online chat group called Buds of the Bard or something equally nerdy

Simon Holt

#4. I can only hold on to the things I want to lose.

Jonathan Safran Foer

#5. People who drink too much, health, and greedy. Hoard a treasure we do not like.

Laurence Sterne

#6. I walked the length of the ward, towards the exit with what I imagined to be the stoic, dignified stride of a gunslinger walking away from his last fight, determined to make it outside before I broke into a million pieces, I almost made it too.

Rob Grimes

#7. I'm always another half day behind in life.

Jenny Lawson

#8. Dawson, she knew, had saved Alan's life- but in the end, he'd saved Jared's as well. And for her that meant ... everything. 'I gave you the best of me,' he'd told her once, and with every beat of her son's heart, she knew he'd done exactly that.

Nicholas Sparks

#9. What is shared in common is infinitely more significant than what apparently divides.

Dave Mearns

#10. Ringing the cash register is not the name of the game. It's only the scorekeeper, and it's not what motivates me. I'm motivated in my business by the compliments I receive about our people, our service, and the quality of our food.

S. Truett Cathy

#11. Most people were raised to believe they are just as good as the next person. I was always told I was better.

Cecily Von Ziegesar