Nassib Quotes

#1. Bin Nassib came last night and visited me before going home to his own house; a tall, brown, polite Arab. He says that he lately received a packet for Mr. Stanley from the American Consul, sealed in tin, and sent it back: this is the eleventh that came to Stanley. A

David Livingstone

#2. Those of us who stayed were younger, more tractable. Less sure of ourselves socially and intellectually, we gave ourselves to the sport with little idea of what we could give or receive.

Stefan Kieszling

#3. Would be better served by continuing to hold an ownership position in a pure-play sporting goods retailer rather than a retail conglomerate.

Jack Smith

#4. God has made us to be conduits of his grace. The danger is in thinking the conduit should be lined with gold. It shouldn't. Copper will do.

John Piper

#5. Buying that mask of Beethoven was an impossible dream.

Jose Saramago

#6. The real difference between telling what happened and telling a story about what happened is that instead of being a victim of our past, we become master of it.

Donald Davis

#7. Mathematicians use intuition, conjecture and guesswork all the time except when they are in the classroom.

Joseph Warren

#8. Flames entered the room like dancers, orange-colored and whirring.

Ross Macdonald

#9. matron of honor, that's where I'd advise you

J.D. Robb

#10. Trust yourself so that the mistakes you make are the ones you've made and not something you've made because you were afraid to do what you wanted to do. Own your mistakes, then you can own your successes.

Jennifer Lynch

#11. Words felt so clumsy when she was talking about feelings and not facts.

Sarah Rees Brennan

#12. Media corporations have a civic responsibility not only to prevent fraud and financial abuse, but also to not corrupt or degrade our culture.

Charles W. Pickering