“There's one thing I've always known: You can let people suspect anything else about you, but you must never let them suspect you of knowing what you're doing.” PeopleKnownKnowingOne ThingSuspects Author:Kathleen Winsor
“... maybe that's all anyone who writes or paints or sculpts is doing anyway -- excusing themselves for refusing to live like other people or be like them.” PeopleWritingPaint Author:Kathleen Winsor
“Women lead in ways different from men's. Men, I think, have been programmed to give orders. Women have been programmed to motivate people, to educate them, to bring out the best in them. Ours is a less authoritarian leadership. I think women tend to play hardball less often. This is the trend of office politics anyway: the days of warring factions are over. We're talking now in terms of cooperation, and I think that is the game women play best.” PeopleThinkingMenWayGivingHas BeensDifferentPlayOrderGamesTermLeadershipTalkingOfficeTrendsCooperationEducateFactionsLead In Author:Muriel Fox
“I felt the vulnerability, the fragility of the children of the world, and how it was, nonetheless, on their frail shoulders that we loaded the weight of our weary hopes and eternal new beginnings.” WorldChildrenFeltEternalWeightShouldersVulnerabilityWearyNew BeginningsLoadedFrailFragility Author:Gabrielle Roy
“Curiosity ran unchecked through him, like the wind outside through the deserted streets, along the canal, around the little wooden houses, everywhere, as far as the mountain.” LittlesHouseStreetsWindMountainCuriosityRanDesertedCanalsWooden House Author:Gabrielle Roy
“When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities.” ImportantSexLessonsAuthorityWittyHaving SexImportant LessonsFunny SexSinfulnessLessons To Be Learned Author:Matt Groening
“Ideas often last but a day; feelings, dreams almost forever.” IdeasFeelingsDreamLastsForever Author:Gabrielle Roy
“it's a funny life. Either you don't make a red cent and you have all the time in the world, or else you get double the money and you don't have a moment to spend a penny of it.” WorldMomentsTimeMoneyRedCentsPenniesFunny Life Author:Gabrielle Roy
“poverty is like a pain, dormant and unbearable as long as you don't move about too much. You grow used to it, you end up by paying no attention to it. But once you presume to bring it out in the daylight, it becomes terrifying, you see it at last in all its squalor and you shrink from exposing it to the sun.” LongEndsPainLastsMovingUsedGrowsAttentionPovertySunToo MuchShrinksUnbearableDaylightExposingDormantSqualor Author:Gabrielle Roy