Praecordia Quotes

#1. The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more.

Horatio Nelson

#2. A "centrally planned economy" by definition discourages and despises participation by the masses. It's a bureaucratic oligarchy.

A.E. Samaan

#3. The characters in a children's book must reach into the heart of the reader on page one. Emotional content is the main reason a child and a parent will go back to a book again and again.

Rosemary Wells

#4. That is the flip side, you see, to laissez-faire parenting. It succeeds or not, throughout the animal kingdom as it does with humans, in direct relationship to the strength of the offspring. Some of us don't need very much. Some of us need a lot.

Cynthia Rogers Parks

#5. In the scenes of moral life the soul is at once actor and spectator.

Joseph Marie, Baron De Gerando

#6. I think I really produce my best work in Iran.

Abbas Kiarostami

#7. Any business owner can tell you that if their company isn't performing profitably and up to standards, one of two things will happen: either you make changes to improve its efficiency, or a competitor will drive you out of business. Market forces have a way of cutting to the chase rather quickly.

J. B. Pritzker

#8. My mother always said - Never run after a man or a bus - there is always another one coming.

Tessa Kiros

#9. Art without technique is invertebrate, shapeless, characterless.

Ignacy Jan Paderewski