Rent Collector Quotes

#1. Landlords took the side streets, typically not in their Saab or Audi but in their "rent collector," some oil-leaking, rusted-out van or truck that hauled around extension cords, ladders, maybe a loaded pistol, plumbing snakes, toolboxes, a can of Mace, nail guns, and other necessities.

Matthew Desmond

#2. Well, what do you think you're doing, then? Spying?"

"I told you, it's the unfortunate hotness of evil. Hotness that burns like the flames of cute, cute hell." Rusty placed his hand on his heart. "But like I said, don't worry. I will overcome temptation, no matter how temptacious.

Sarah Rees Brennan

#3. Look at Cillian Murphy: 'Batman,' 'Tron' ... those are some heavy-hitting franchises. But he works his way around it. He manages to have a great career and a great life.

Domhnall Gleeson

#4. He's a boy, Kat. I hate to break it to you, but we are fundamentally different.

Ally Carter

#5. Do not tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done. - James J. Ling

Zig Ziglar

#6. Well, I don't think I'll ever stop being frustrated or feel fulfilled artistically.

Jello Biafra

#7. A resounding adventure was that of my cannon, and happy am I to recall it.

Arlt

#8. Money is ultimately not enough compensation for investing your time and energy: there has to be a sense of purpose, meaning and fulfillment.

Dan Miller

#9. To submit one's self to one's gift is to submit oneself to education and self-development and to devote enough time to improve one's gift

Sunday Adelaja

#10. This is a tremendous honor (winning the 2002 Roberto Clemente Award), to be considered in the same class as Roberto Clemente. He is a hero and role model for all of us who play the game and strive to be as good a player and person as he was.

Jim Thome

#11. I never wanted a Guardian Angel. I didn't ask for one. One was assigned to me.

Mercedes McCambridge

#12. The bomb lives only as it is falling.

Iain M. Banks

#13. Thinking about anger in positive terms is alien in most people's experiences. However, a healthy expression of anger is a component for building and maintaining successful relationships!

David W. Earle

#14. Nothing can inspire religious duty or animation but religion.

Alexander Cockburn