Timbru Postal Quotes

#1. Most of the languages that now exist are almost certain to become extinct within this century.

John McWhorter

#2. A month after the scandal broke, I tried to go back to work at the pharmaceutical company after a leave of absence. But because of all the publicity and resulting pressure and stress, I finally resigned.

Donna Rice

#3. I consider it an indispensible duty to close this last solemn act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God and those who have the superintendence of them into his Holy keeping.

George Washington

#4. He wasn't sure himself why he was pulling his punches in this way, but somehow it seemed important not to let Contact know everything, to keep something back. It was a small victory against them a little-game, a gesture on a lesser board; a blow against the elements and the gods.

Iain M. Banks

#5. Most people led minimal lives in worlds that had nothing to do with richness of perception or spirit.

Haruki Murakami

#6. From an actor's point of view, if you are watching something, and you see improv, you know it. Because of your experience, you just bloody know that wasn't written.

Paul Eenhoorn

#7. Human?' The girl cocked her head the other way. I caught a glimpse of pink gills under her chin. 'My sisters told me stories of humans. They said they sometimes sing to them to lure them underwater.' She grinned, showing off her sharp needle-teeth. 'I've been practicing. Want to hear?

Julie Kagawa

#8. I'd rather be dead than singing 'Satisfaction' when I'm 45.

Mick Jagger

#9. The man who takes the liberty to live is superior to all the laws, by virtue of his relation to the lawmaker.

Henry David Thoreau

#10. Tony Stark in 'Iron Man' helped wider audiences finally embrace the enormous talent of Robert Downey Jr.

Tom Hiddleston

#11. It is not who you know it is what you know - If you don't know anything, you won't know anyone

Peter Legge

#12. I thought it was going to take a lot more countdowns on the pad. We actually did scrub once, but I figured we'd scrub several times since it's a pretty complicated vehicle.

Robert Crippen

#13. I don't really have an ego. I'm not that bothered.

Bjork

#14. Poor management can increase software costs more rapidly than any other factor. Particularly on large projects, each of the following mismanagement actions has often been responsible for doubling software development costs.

Barry Boehm

#15. You are a wonder.

R.J. Palacio