Spolsky 2009 Quotes

#1. One of the special characteristics of New York is that it is different from a London or a Paris because it's the financial capital, and the cultural capital, but not the political capital.

Ron Chernow

#2. Here?"
She gasped, grasping his forearm with her hand.
He growled low in his throat as he watched her attempt to understand the feelings coursing through her. When he spoke, his voice was rough with his own response. "I think you want more than that.

Sarah MacLean

#3. Lesson learned? When people say, "You really, really must" do something, it means you don't really have to. No one ever says, "You really, really must deliver the baby during labor." When it's true, it doesn't need to be said.

Tina Fey

#4. I don't even wear shoes with heels because I hate making a noise when I walk and people looking at me.

Grimes

#5. Whoever writes about his childhood must beware of exaggeration and self-pity. I do not want to claim that I was a martyr or that Crossgates was a sort of Dotheboys Hall. But I should be falsifying my own memories if I did not record that they are largely memories of disgust.

George Orwell

#6. Acting time is like flight time: You can work on a simulator, you can rehearse, but unless you're really in front of the camera or on a stage - that's when you really learn how to work it.

John Kapelos

#7. Hair is like a corpse you wear on your head while you're alive.

Juan Pablo Villalobos

#8. It does not matter if you are asking for health, for happiness, for financial wealth, or for all three. It doesn't matter if you have no idea how this will come to you. Neither does it matter if you have no reason to expect it to.

Stephen Richards

#9. Illicit sex, Marcus, drives at least half the decisions of the modern world, wouldn't you agree?

Andrew Levkoff

#10. It's really important to go back to where you come from.

Henry Thomas

#11. The winged beasts and angels know, that mortals cannot fly.
But how I flew to see the sun; a broken bird am I.

Craig Froman

#12. The way I like to measure greatness is ... How many people can you make want to be better?

Will Smith