Smurthwaite House Quotes

#1. Meetings run best when there are clear rules or norms to follow. These are sometimes difficult to set at the start of the meeting. People may feel reluctant to speak up and suggest rules or there may be pressure to start discussing the agenda items.

Ingrid Bens

#2. I'm not a morning person. I'm really not.

Brooke Burke

#3. For the antifragile, shocks bring more benefits (equivalently, less harm) as their intensity increases (up to a point).

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#4. You're the most confusing girl I've ever met." "Yeah." I smile. "Not sorry." "Good.

Sara Wolf

#5. Hey, which one's your favorite?" "Favorite what? Class?" "No, I mean book. You have to have a favorite." "Shit, I don't know. I've read so many that I wouldn't even know how to choose.

Aly Martinez

#6. For any act to be morally right, three things are necessary: (1) right act, (2) right motive, and (3) right circumstances. If any one of these factors is not right, the act is wrong.

Peter Kreeft

#7. It looks like President Bush will be handing over power to the Iraqis by June 30th. That's amazing and not only that, but it looks like he'll be handing over power to the Democrats by November 2nd.

David Letterman

#8. I feel like movie stars don't have many friends at all. They have acquaintances.

Milla Jovovich

#9. Why would you ever premedicate honesty? To hesitate is to overthink how you feel. A blurted out answer is usually the most genuine.

Shannon L. Alder

#10. Actually, who are you not to be?

Marianne Williamson

#11. My attitude toward friendship has remained the same. I will support and encourage you with all the love in my heart, but if it's not reciprocal, I gotta go [ ... ] If your friends are bitter about your success to the extent that they act out, don't expect them to change [ ... ] Move on.

RuPaul