Monolingual Dictionary Quotes

#1. Let wife and child perish, and lay bricks for your last crust, rather than part with an iota of your [copy]rights.

George Bernard Shaw

#2. What was always interesting about Thomas Harris' books is they were a wonderful hybridization of a crime thriller and a horror movie.

Bryan Fuller

#3. I went downtown as a lawyer and then I worked in a liquor store at night, as I had done all through law school. And so when I got to the point where I could give up the night job, I joined the political club.

David Dinkins

#4. As a child, I was tortured because my mother was a brilliant seamstress who made most of my clothes. I was despised by the children at school because I looked like I was going to an opening every day. We weren't wealthy at all; we lived in a row house in Philadelphia.

Lynda Resnick

#5. The world bursts at the seams with people ready to tell you you're not good enough. On occasion, some may be correct. But do not do their work for them. Seek any job; ask anyone out; pursue any goal. Don't take it personally when they say 'no' - they may not be smart enough to say 'yes.

Keith Olbermann

#6. When I was around thirty, I met my own personal challenge and finished a few marathons under three hours, and I have completed many long bicycle tours.

Wolfgang Ketterle

#7. This phenomenon of capable people being plagued by self-doubt has a name---the impostor syndrome.

Sheryl Sandberg

#8. I have a daughter and the thing I wish for her is not love, fame, money or anything like that. It's just one great best friend. You know, if you have somebody that has your back, you're gonna be all right.

Ethan Hawke