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average careers long
An important factor to note is that it's rare for anyone to sell a first novel written before they turned 30-35; long-format fiction tends to require a bunch of experience of human life that takes time to acquire. So your average mid-career novelist is in their forties to fifties! Charles Stross
average effort excellent
If a person becomes content with what is average, minimally acceptable, or satisfactory, she will rarely exert the effort or work toward something that is truly excellent or outstanding. Charles Stanley
average space complicated
Space is certainly something more complicated than the average person would probably realize. Space is not just an empty background in which things happen. Alan Guth
average fading saws
I was a fairly good amateur musician, and I was an average professional. But the one thing I saw was that the big band business was fading. Alan Greenspan
average excellence refuse
Refuse to be average. Aiden Wilson Tozer
average lasts halls
Last time I checked, there is no 'Hall of Average.' Chip Kelly
average people sides
I'm pretty happy. I obviously have complaints about things, but for the most part, I'm on the above-average side of happy people. David Cross
average sound band
Average band with a great drummer sounds great, great band with an average drummer sounds average. Buddy Rich
average people half
Average people didn't analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction. C. J. Cherryh
bit positive turn
We want to take a little bit of this frustration and turn it into some positive momentum. Michael Goodling
bit grass hanging love prefer republican street
My style is a little bit different than most conventional Republican Party chairmen. My style is more grass roots-oriented. I'm much more of a street guy. I love hanging out in boardrooms, but I prefer to be in neighborhoods and communities. Michael Steele
bit difference higher maybe providence somebody talented teams
The only difference between Providence and maybe somebody a little bit higher in the standings is the young kids. Providence is talented but they're young. Young teams make mistakes. Jim Calhoun
bit final finish luck potential programs spots strong three top
The potential is there and with a bit of luck we could finish in the top four. There are two or three programs that are traditionally strong and the final one or two spots are usually up for grabs.
bit economic economy economy-and-economics energy gracefully higher move potential prices risk
The potential for even higher energy prices is a risk to the economic outlook. The economy has digested the higher prices gracefully so far. But it can get a bit of indigestion if prices move higher. Mark Zandi
bit national people talent talented team tonight won
The people who were here tonight now have an idea of the talent you see at the NAIA National Tournament. This team is every bit as talented as what you see at the nationals. In fact, if this had been 20 years ago when the NAIA had 600 teams, this team could have won it.
bit building built deciding model people precedent spaceship structures
The people who built the first of these structures had no model to go by, no precedent to use in building a monument. It's a bit like deciding to build a functioning spaceship in your back yard, and succeeding.
bit chris forced open throw wide
We've always been a little bit wide open anyway, but with Chris out, it kind of forced us to throw more.
bits bob brian coming dylan hopefully lots sit song stuff together totally type
We've all got lots of different influences. We never sit down to write a song and say, 'This is going to be a Brian Eno type of song,' or 'This is a Bob Dylan song.' It's totally little bits of lots of different stuff that come together and hopefully it's something coming out of us that we're creating.
declines further months production quick rebound sales unless weakness
Unless there is a quick rebound in sales, this suggests further weakness in production and declines in inventories over the months ahead.
decline frankly market north people profitable sharp
With their sharp decline in market share, they have frankly got too much capacity, too many plants, too many people to be profitable in North America. David Healy
decline employment expecting next volume year
We're expecting a decline in employment because we expect the volume of originations to decline pretty significantly next year -- 20 percent.
decline forced grips growth likely market seek shift steep
Vendors are likely to see a fundamental shift in the market as they come to grips with the steep decline in mature-market desk-based growth and are forced to seek growth in other market segments.
declines feeling glad lower main needs percentage prior problem serious workers
We're glad that the percentage is lower than the prior year. But our main feeling is that when you have one out of every 10 workers having these significant declines in cholinesterase, you've got a serious problem that needs to be addressed.
decline killer seriously support sustain taking whales work
We are taking the decline of these killer whales seriously and we will work to sustain and support this population.
declines downside issue names percent seen year
We've seen this how many times already this year -- three? ... A lot of these names could have 50 percent downside from here. Our big issue is, are the sequential declines (in revenue) over? I'd say no.
decline direct gets government lead levels seen
We've seen lead levels dramatically decline in kids, PCB (polychlorinated biphenyl) levels decline, all because of direct government intervention that gets these out of the environment.
decline equity european following happen huge markets stocks
There is a lot of following stocks around today. That was the big thing after the huge decline in the European equity markets - there was a lot of nervousness about what would happen in the U.S.
despite pleased report results retail strong tough uk
We are pleased to report strong first-half results despite a tough UK retail environment,
despite efforts found major repair view
We found that, despite major efforts to repair relations, there is still a rift in how we view each other and the world.
despite difficult february good last percent results sales today
We're getting some very good results today despite the very difficult 6.7 percent February same-store sales comparisons from last year.
despite diagnosed expects fact happen healthy men multiple otherwise rare surely three tom women
Despite the fact that one in every two men and one in every three women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, no one ever expects it to happen to them. I surely didn't. I was an otherwise healthy 37-year-old when I was diagnosed in 1996 with multiple myeloma, the same rare cancer Tom Brokaw has.
despite dicaprio kate leonardo love rooting
I love 'Titanic' and the idea that you're kind of rooting for Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet to survive despite the fact that you know that they're not going to. Carlton Cuse
despite focus game hard played plays primary team
She has played very well this season, despite being the primary focus of each team we play. She plays so hard each and every game and is an inspiration for her teammates.
despite drivers economic financial growth key line maintained performance premium remained since start top year
Since the start of the new financial year the key drivers of performance have remained unchanged, ... In premium drinks, top line growth ... has been maintained despite some weakening of economic conditions. Paul Walsh
despite guts
She really showed me a lot of guts and got after it despite the weather.
despite encouraged negative people realizing value
We're actually very encouraged by the enrollment figures. They show that people are realizing that there's value to this plan, and they're enrolling, despite a lot of negative press.
either good help hurt individual seeds
There are some good individuals there. You can either help yourself or hurt yourself for seeds (in the Individual District) Saturday.
either garbage outside people sit
We're in a quandary on what we can and can't do. Either you let the garbage sit outside or people are going to put it in their neighbor's yard.
either election face four minister occur prime seem wait
What the prime minister doesn't seem to face is the election is either going to occur now or it's going to occur in January, ... We're not going to wait another four months. Stephen Harper
either half minutes played second time together whenever
Whenever we played them, we played well in either the first half or the second half. This time we've got to put it together for 40 minutes if we want to win.
either extract extremists points
When extremists extract concessions from democracies on points of principle, either by blackmail or terror, democracies do not have long left.
either gets good kicking open opportunity plays scoring
When he gets the opportunity to be in the open court, he's so good with the ball. He makes good plays by either scoring or kicking it out to other people.
either forces worse
We were behind, and that forces things to happen. It either makes things better or makes it a little worse, and it made it a little worse tonight.
either fall gone late man nice team zone
We were an all-zone team early, but we've gone back to a man-to-man late in the season. I feel we can play either one. In the post-season it's nice to be able to fall back on a zone if the man isn't working.
either forward improve step trying
We were trying to improve fundamentally. You either take a step forward or a step back every day. You've got 15 opportunities, and we need to get better all 15 times out. Will Muschamp
greatness men mind
Great men, like comets, are eccentric in their courses, and formed to do extensive good by modes unintelligible to vulgar minds. Charles Caleb Colton
greatness deserving-it mind
Great minds had rather deserve contemporaneous applause without obtaining it, than obtain without deserving it. If it follow them it is well, but they will not deviate to follow it.
greatness men
In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.
greatness men too-much
Speaking generally, no man appears great to his contemporaries, for the same reason that no man is great to his servants--both know too much of him.
great-expectations secret tears
The secret was such an old one now, had so grown into me and become a part of myself, that I could not tear it away. Charles Dickens
great-expectations strange melancholy
So new to him," she muttered, "so old to me; so strange to him, so familiar to me; so melancholy to both of us!...
great-expectations may done
But, in this separation I associate you only with the good and I will faithfully hold you to that always, for you have done far more good than harm, let me feel now what sharp distress I may.
great-expectations may let-me
Let me feel now what sharp distress I may.
greatness excellence littles
True greatness consists in being great in little things. Charles Simmons
maybe reason smile though understand waking
We want to show that even though someone may be different on the outside, they still understand how you feel. Maybe the same thing makes you smile or is your reason for waking up.
maybe people recovery
We are going to see some recovery in the economy, but maybe not as much as some people expected.
maybe sure top
We still need a point, maybe two, to be sure of being in the top four.
maybe-tomorrow office president
We are seeing at the Republican National Committee a phenomenon that is worth noting this week; maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe Wednesday, we will have a million first time donors since the president took office. Ed Gillespie
maybe mike mitchell player productive replace somewhat talented though trying
We were trying to replace some very talented kids. He was trying to replace the player of the year, which is never easy. Maybe our expectations were not what they should have been. I think he had a productive year, even though it was somewhat inconsistent to Mike Mitchell and Gavin Hoffman.
maybe
We are getting better with each game. Maybe we are peaking at the right time.
maybe
We're going to have to put 12 of them out there, ... maybe some snipers, too.
maybe tough toughest
We know we're in for a tough one, maybe the toughest one all year.
maybe
We know D.J. is out indefinitely and maybe out for the season.
minorities majority looks
Look at all the minorities around here! I'm the only majority. Louis C. K.
minorities vegan enough
I recently became vegan because I felt that as a Jewish lesbian, I wasn't part of a small enough minority. So now I'm a Jewish lesbian vegan. Carol Leifer
minority sports
There is no question that the minority party always makes a sport of going after the governor. Bob McDonnell
minor
I had trouble with my temper all the way through the minor leagues. Cal Ripken, Jr.
minorities rewards fool
The problem with fiat money is that it rewards the minority that can handle money, but fools the generation that has worked and saved money. Adam Smith
minor problems
Occasionally we have problems, but usually it is a minor incident, nothing like this,
minorities plenty
There are plenty of opportunities for minorities on campus, you've just got to take them.
minorities done proud
How proud I am to be compared to Oprah. I really admire her. She's a minority woman and she's done all this by herself... I'm very happy to be Oprah with salsa and not Donahue in drag. Cristina Saralegui
minority money racing sports
Racing may be a minority sport, but I wouldn't swap it for all the money in the world. Tony McCoy
news good-news
The good news isn't that God is victorious. How can He not be victorious? The good news is we can be victorious, too.
news chaos should
Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news! Chogyam Trungpa
news foxes doe
Critics of Fox News have pointed out that Fox News does partisan propaganda, and there's ample evidence on a daily basis. David Shuster
news watches my-sister
My sister's the type who religiously watches the fear segments of her local Eyewitness News broadcasts, retaining nothing but the headline...Everything is dangerous all of the time, and if it's not yet been pulled off the shelves, then it's certainly under investigation -- so there. David Sedaris
news-stories years marketing
Other than that one year, Salon has been very cautious about the way it spends money. For instance, since last year, we've had virtually no marketing budget. It's just word of mouth. And our circulation continues to grow that way by breaking news stories. David Talbot
news youth
It's lamented that the youth get their news from Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. It's lamentable that they get more from them than from the news. Dick Cavett
news
Who, or why, or which, or what, Is the Akhond of Swat? Edward Lear
newspapers said evidence
The newspapers at one time said that I was dead but after carefully examining the evidence I came to the conclusion that this statement was false. Bertrand Russell
news agendas ranting-and-raving
The failures of the press have contributed immensely to the emergence of a talk-show nation, in which public discourse is reduced to ranting and raving and posturing. We now have a mainstream press whose news agenda is increasingly influenced by this netherworld. Carl Bernstein
pushing argument fit
My argument has always been that nature has a master plan pushing every species toward procreation and that it is our right and even obligation as rational human beings to defy nature's fascism. Nature herself is a mass murderer, making casual, cruel experiments and condemning 10,000 to die so that one more fit will live and thrive. Camille Paglia
pushed saw
When you saw us getting pushed back over things that were non-existent ... come on. I don't know what to say about that.
push trying
We were trying to push each other on. Fred Couples
pushing-me-away shakes accord
Shake me off, then, sir--push me away; for I'll not leave you of my own accord. Charlotte Bronte
push responsibility
We're going to push for two things: responsibility and reform.
pushing
When they were sophomores they were pushing the seniors.
push-yourself willing
And to learn, you have to be willing to push yourself. Brandi Chastain
pushing process insight
We're constantly pushing these materials and processes to the extreme to see what will happen. It's an insight into things that you don't normally see. Jamie Hyneman
pushed rebelled ski
My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion. Ted Ligety
recently
A radio show recently did a beautiful eulogy of me. Janis Ian
recently
My cats - I have Luna who's just had kittens recently and we called one of them Dumbledore. They're nice but they're not like their characters. Evanna Lynch
recently stocks
Stocks that were most favored recently are being penalized now.
retailers
We're not going to do that. I think the retailers would go nuts.
retailers
Retailers haven't told us they wanted to be down there.
retailers specialty teen
The teen retailers and some of the specialty retailers were the clear-cut winners.
retailers street
The retailers want to be on the street now.
retailers start time
It's time for big-box retailers to start to do the right things by their employees. David Cook
retailers spending
As retailers had feared, the spending surge was short-lived.
retailers sells
I work like a retailer. I sell my services, take my money and keep it in the bank. Shahrukh Khan
running men roots
It is not so difficult a task to plant new truths, as to root out old errors; for there is this paradox in men, they run after that which is new, but are prejudiced in favor of that which is old.
running vices common
When all run by common consent into vice, none appear to do so.
running moving views
When all moves equally (says Pascal), nothing seems to move as in a vessel under sail; and when all run by common consent into vice, none appear to do so. He that stops first, views as from a fixed point the horrible extravagance that transports the rest.
running men hands
Some men are very entertaining for a first interview, but after that they are exhausted, and run out; on a second meeting we shall find them flat and monotonous; like hand-organs, we have heard all their tunes.
running eye two
He had but one eye and the pocket of prejudice runs in favor of two.
running pain boys
I took a good deal o' pains with his eddication, sir; let him run in the streets when he was very young, and shift for hisself. It's the only way to make a boy sharp, sir.
running church-bells religion
Some wish to live within the sound of a chapel bell, I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of Hell. Charles Studd
running europe usa
My gut feeling is that SF as we know it today is actually a heavily propagandized field that grew out of a specific set of cultural trends running in the USA and Europe between 1918 and 1950, during the post-imperial modernization period.
running wall real
Humans are not as unsophisticated as mulch wrigglers, they can see the writing on the wall. Is it any surprise, that among the ones who look outward, the real debate is not over whether to run, but over how far and how fast?
stocks
I would never be 100 percent in stocks or 100 percent in bonds or cash. Harry Markowitz
stocks tech
If tech stocks keep going up with no pause, they will get insanely frothy. Barry Ritholtz
stocks
I think these stocks will have a pretty good-size correction.
stocks
I see a lot of stocks on there.
stocks
Merrill Lynch could go down some more, but I like stocks like that. I like Merck, but they got pounded on Friday,
stocks worried
Everybody's worried that the stocks that have done so well have really overshot, Kate Warne
stocks stupid tech
Tech stocks are probably a little pricey. But they're not stupid pricey.
stocks
These stocks come in and out of favor.
stocks window
The IPO window for biotech stocks is closing.
today lasts next
We are on the verge: Today our program proved Fermat's next-to-last theorem. Alan Perlis
today politics tomorrow
Who defines terrorists? Today's terrorist is tomorrow's friend. Al Sharpton
today problem gender
Yes, there's a problem with gender as it is today, and we must fix it, we must do better. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
today states form
States created markets. Markets require states. Neither could continue without the other, at least, in anything like the forms we would recognize today. David Graeber
today
Place only your kindest thoughts on everything you experience today. Meet yourself. Byron Katie
today year
We're in a much different place today than we were a year ago.
today intention literal
I've never had any intentions about anything. That's why I am where I am today, which is neither here nor there, in a literal sense. Edward Gorey
today wonder
Way off in 2060, I wonder what we do today will look like in perspective, and after it's been sifted through the objectivity of time. Loretta Young
today bread enough
Bread for today is bread enough. Edward McKendree Bounds
weakness impotence
All weakness tends to corrupt, and impotence corrupts absolutely. Edgar Friedenberg
weakness misery shame
If we would induce others to act virtuously, it will prove more effectual to show them their capacities than to expose their weakness--to attract them by a fairer ideal than to terrify them by pictures of misery and shame. Edwin Hubbel Chapin
weakness retreat
Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats. Benjamin Netanyahu
weak poor-richard
Willows are weak, but they bind the Faggot. Benjamin Franklin
weakness compromise power-corrupts
If power corrupts, weakness in the seat of power, with its constant necessity of deals and bribes and compromising arrangements,corrupts even more. Barbara Tuchman
weakness driving conviction
Weakness is what keeps driving us to God, by the overwhelming conviction that there just isn't anywhere else to go. Abraham Lincoln
weakness doe rebellion
The Lord sees weaknesses differently than He does rebellion. Richard G. Scott
weakness evidence
There's no evidence that vulnerabilty is weakness.
weakness vulnerability
Vulnerability is not weakness.