Roots Toronto Quotes

#1. An iron railroad would be a cheaper thing than a road of the common construction. Here lay in a few words the idea from which our railway system has sprung.

Andrew Carnegie

#2. Humans are creatures, who spent their lifes trying to convince themselves, that their existence is not absurd

Albert Camus

#3. The alarm bells sound regularly: cybergeddon; the next Pearl Harbor; one of the greatest existential threats facing the United States. With increasing frequency, these are the grave terms officials invoke about the menace of cybercrime - and they're not understating the threat.

Preet Bharara

#4. My parents were both very musically inclined, they were both songwriters and musicians, so we grew up in the house singing music together, and R&B had a huge strong arm in the foundation of my career.

Jesse McCartney

#5. Changing the direction of a large company is like trying to turn an aircraft carrier. It takes a mile before anything happens. And if it was a wrong turn, getting back on course takes even longer.

Al Ries

#6. I mean," I said, "it's not like the lake is a living thing." This was perhaps the worst thing I could have said. He looked suddenly alarmed. He put a hand, sticky as it was with gray sand, over my mouth. "Hush, darlin' girl! Hush! The lake hears your every word and knows your every thought.

Graham Joyce

#7. It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to.

Terry McMillan

#8. When you're in the desert you witness acts of power. When you're in the world of the tonal, drop all that nonsense, become logical and orderly and have fun with that.

Frederick Lenz

#9. Having margins in your life strips away external voices and allows that person to remember and honor the true self within.

Angela Lynne Craig

#10. I looked around the iTunes store and came across Dr. Moku's Hiragana Mnemonics. Thirty minutes later I had memorized all 46 hiragana. Now my 9-year-old is learning them, and having a lot of fun.

Mark Frauenfelder

#11. You know, I think I had a great career; there's not much I think I'd do different other than get a title shot much earlier. I didn't get one till 49 or 50 fights into my career.

Marvin Hagler

#12. No one will teach you what you ought to know. You must search the truth for yourself.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#13. I started off with the really funky stuff like Ramsey Lewis, Milt Jackson, Kenny Burrell.

Robert Quine