Umass Memorial Quotes

#1. There is no human bliss equal to twelve hours of work with only six hours in which to do it.

Anthony Trollope

#2. Luck is being ready for the chance.

J. Frank Dobie

#3. When a sound can replace an image, cut the image or neutralize it. The ear goes more towards the within, the eye towards the outer.

Robert Bresson

#4. Things were always better than they are now. It's in the nature of things.

Terry Pratchett

#5. A true poet does not say 'azure'; a true poet says 'blue.

Else Lasker-Schuler

#6. The forlorn appearance assumed by all houses that have lost their people.

Pat Conroy

#7. It is sometimes forgotten how much wit there is in certain works of abstract art. There is a certain point in undergoing anguish when one encounters the comic.

Robert Motherwell

#8. I think if there's a great depression there might be some hope.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

#9. But getting the sinner where justice deemed he belonged was the trick. It required a system. And the system demanded its rules, techniques, manpower, organizations, and loopholes. And the occasional seminar to educate and inform.

J.D. Robb

#10. Just got off the phone with my health care provider asking them to explain why my premium jumped up. No good answer!

Donna Brazile

#11. Dying is not easy. It's a very hard transition.

Isabel Allende

#12. My best advice is never to address any woman as Madam unless she holds a high position in government or you happen to find yourself in a brothel speaking to its owner.

David B. Lentz