Robert Swindells Quotes

#1. Speculation is an effort, probably unsuccessful, to turn a little money into a lot. Investment is an effort, which should be successful, to prevent a lot of money from becoming a little.

Fred Schwed Jr.

#2. Because if taken in excess, it causes giddiness, recklessness, and dangerous overconfidence,' said Slughorn. 'Too much of a good thing, you know . . . highly toxic in large quantities. But taken sparingly, and very occasionally . . .

J.K. Rowling

#3. I know it's hard. It's one of the hardest things there is, but you know we can't make people love us. It happens, or it doesn't.

Robert Swindells

#4. Knowing something and acting on it are not the same thing. Knowledge without the application of what has been learned is useless.

Peter James West

#5. This is a place where the strong often victimize the weak.

Frederick Lenz

#6. She would try picturing him in his underwear, but that was even more disturbing since all it did was make her hot and even more nervous ... He had to be the only man alive who could pull off intimidating in his tighty-whities. God, what if all that massive hotness was commando?

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#7. And that, quite simply, is the issue. We live in a finite world with finite resources. Although it may sometimes seem quite big, earth is really very small - a tiny blue and green oasis of life in a cold universe.

David Suzuki

#8. Our nation suffers when Congress fails to pay America's bills on time.

Jim Cooper

#9. Positive attitude, positive outlook and positive self-esteem!

Lailah Gifty Akita

#10. Nothing on earth is more gladdening than knowing we must roll up our sleeves and move back the boundaries of the humanly possible once more.

Annie Dillard

#11. A girl could lather up in soap like that.

Becca Fitzpatrick

#12. I'm not so much surprised by the success of 'Ugly Betty' as I am feeling so blessed by it.

Ana Ortiz

#13. It must be the ultimate punishment, don't you think, to finally gain wisdom, only to realize that the consequences of your actions are irrevocable?

Lisa Unger

#14. Paris is not a city, it is the image, the symbol of France, its today and yesterday, the reflection of its history, its geography and its hidden essence.

Nina Berberova

#15. Nothing stays the same

Robert Swindells

#16. Meals were often eaten standing up, and I wasn't quite sure why they had bothered to issue us with beds, we got to see them so little.

Bear Grylls