Tinou Quotes

#1. Inspector Tinou sat silent. The Greek police department did not welcome interference from other countries in their affairs. Particularly Americans. They are always too-sou, so sure of themselves.

Sidney Sheldon

#2. Death of a parent, he wrote, despite our preparation, indeed, despite our age, dislodges things deep in us, sets off reactions that surprise us and that may cut free memories and feelings that we had thought gone to ground long ago.

Joan Didion

#3. It wasn't the footman she was afraid of - it was those he was parroting. Alfie was the sort of dim-noll who never had his own thoughts but borrowed other people's.

Ellen Renner

#4. Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design.

Kevin Kelly

#5. There is nothing that can help you understand your beliefs more than trying to explain them to an inquisitor.

Frank Howard Clark

#6. It's extremely important that, as writers, we give a voice to those who don't have voices, including the other animals that we share the planet with and the places that are endangered or being lost.

Alison Hawthorne Deming

#7. Justice is truth in action.

~ BENJAMIN DISRAELI, speech, Feb. 11, 1851

Benjamin Disraeli

#8. He whom is without typos, throw the first stone.

Antonia Perdu

#9. We are made for one another, and each is to be a supply to his neighbor.

Benjamin Whichcote

#10. There's no shame in losing money on a stock. Everybody does it. What is shameful is to hold on to a stock, or worse, to buy more of it when the fundamentals are deteriorating.

Peter Lynch

#11. Members of Congress are like the voters in one respect
they want to go with the winners.

Ralph Nader

#12. Don't be angry," the Bard said. "Most people live inside a cage of their own expectations. It makes them feel safe. The world's a frightening place full of glory and wonder and, as we've both discovered, danger. Flying isn't for everyone.

Nancy Farmer

#13. If you miss your bus, just start walking.

Shan McGinley

#14. I can't deny I'm a better ex-president than I was a president.

Jimmy Carter

#15. I'd really love to see a business model for higher education going forward that is actually affordable, that uses modern technology to reach scale and quality and that really reimburses the services rendered in a way that's meaningful to everybody.

Sebastian Thrun