Nicolai Quotes

#1. In Erling Nicolai Rolfsrud's compendium of memorable women and men from North Dakota, "Mustache" Maude Black, for that was the name of my grandparents' benefactress, is described as not un-womanly, though she dressed mannishly, smoked, drank, was a crack shot and a hard-assed camp boss. These

Louise Erdrich

#2. We're getting married in an hour. I already spoke to Nicolai

Nalini Singh

#3. Nicolai, the Dark Seducer as his people called him, had been in bed, but not alone. He was never alone. He was a man known for the violence of his temper as well as the deliciousness of his touch

Gena Showalter

#4. I don't like Thomas Edison. I'm a fan of Nicolai Tesla.

David Lynch

#5. The Bible had been the weapon of choice in the spiritual gladiatorial arena of my youth. I knew how, wielded with intent and precision, the Bible can cut deeply, while on the one holding it can claim with impunity that this is from God.

Nadia Bolz-Weber

#6. Real affection does not see anything in terms of 'rights', nor does it even care if it is reciprocated. It merely waits by the door and hopes."
From 'A Walking Shadow

E.M. Swift-Hook

#7. Cincinnati has one of the most diverse animal collections in the world, with more than 500 species represented. They also have a really good insect exhibit.

Newt Gingrich

#8. If you're really successful at bullshitting, it means you're not hanging around enough people smarter than you.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#9. Creativity is a fragile, delicate flower,
which must be cautiously cared for
and protected,
from the harsh elements
of human weather.

ELLE NICOLAI

#10. I know you are not the same as him, Adam said. But in my head, everything is always so tangled. I am such a damaged thing.

Maggie Stiefvater

#11. Life is half spent before we know what it is.

George Herbert

#12. Contact with the customer is what business is all about.

Jay Leno

#13. Art is a consciousness-provoking vessel.

ELLE NICOLAI

#14. What we weave in solitude is unraveled by the doorbell's ringing.

Mel Nicolai

#15. Within each of us lies the power of our consent to health and sickness, to riches and poverty, to freedom and to slavery. It is we who control these, and not another.

Richard Bach

#16. But I cheered myself up slightly with the rationalization that all new relationships - even the fictional ones - have obstacles to overcome in the beginning. I would not give up hope on this one. Not yet.

Lauren Weisberger

#17. So that's the telephone? They ring, and you run.

Edgar Degas

#18. No one holds command over me. No man. No god. No Prince. What is a claim of age for ones who are immortal? What is a claim of power for ones who defy death? Call your damnable hunt. We shall see whom I drag screaming to hell with me.

Hunter S. Thompson

#19. She could be breathing fire and I wouldn't mind.
'You could be breathing fire and I wouldn't mind,' I say.

David Nicholls

#20. A dancer or a painter or a writer.They create beautiful moments and capture them in their imagination

K.J. Kilton

#21. The river was so blue it seemed to be breathing.

Brian Morton