Harold Coffin Quotes

The fellow who thinks he knows it all is especially annoying to those of us who do.

Harold Coffin

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AnnoyingUsWhoKnowsThinksHe

We managed to hang in there. Today when people get married there's a tendency to run away when things get tough. There is a lot of strength in hanging together.

Jerry Stiller

StrengthTodayTogetherPeopleTough

Whenever I use an uncommon word, I try to indicate its meaning within the text.

Melanie Rawn

MeaningTryWithinUncommonText

History keeps her secrets longer than most of us. But she has one secret that I will reveal to you tonight in the greatest confidence. Sometimes there are no winners at all. And sometimes nobody needs to lose.

John le Carre

ConfidenceHistoryYouLoseSecrets

Shifting loyalties in the Middle East make it difficult to vet supposed moderate groups.

Jeff Fortenberry

DifficultMiddleShiftingModerate

Moms and daughters can negotiate over anything, and they can go on longer than it took to settle the Vietnam War.

Steve Schirripa

WarGoSettleVietnam WarAnything

I - I love being told by people that they enjoy my books, and I think that's really very nice.

Ruth Rendell

LovePeopleThinkEnjoyNiceBeing

Labor, in itself, is neither elevating or otherwise. It is the laborer's privilege to ennoble his work by the aim with which he undertakes it, and by the enthusiasm and faithfulness he puts into it.

Lucy Larcom

WorkEnthusiasmLaborPrivilegeAim

The sea does not belong to despots. Upon its surface men can still exercise unjust laws, fight, tear one another to pieces, and be carried away with terrestrial horrors. But at thirty feet below its level, their reign ceases, their influence is quenched, and their power disappears.

Jules Verne

SeaPowerMenFightInfluenceFeet

Modern medicine uses imaging 'windows' such as magnetic resonance imaging scanners to bring into view otherwise unseen vital information that skilled physicians can use for the benefit of their patients.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

MedicineViewInformationWindows

Extreme heroism springs from something that no scientific theory can fully explain; it's an illogical impulse that flies in the face of biology, psychology, actuarial statistics, and basic common sense.

Christopher McDougall

FaceCommon SenseBiologyStatistics

I definitely had those moments, like any actor, when you get anxious and think, 'When am I going to work again?' But I would feel that way even when I had every offer in the world coming to me. Then I became a father and I felt a little more of the anxiety that came with the responsibility of being a parent.

Chris O'Donnell

WorkFatherResponsibilityMeWorld

Our bodies are shaped to bear children, and our lives are a working out of the processes of creation. All our ambitions and intelligence are beside that great elemental point.

Phyllis McGinley

ChildrenGreatIntelligenceCreation

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