Abigail Reynolds famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Please don't worry. It's a psychological complaint, common amongst ex-librarians. You see, she thinks she's a coffee table edition...
For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned.The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ... At once they gratify their scent and taste.And frequent cups prolong the rich repast... Coffee (which makes the politician wise And see through all things with his half-shut eyes).
History demonstrates that participants in financial markets are susceptible to waves of optimism. Excessive optimism shows the seeds of its own reversal in the form of imbalances that tend to grow over time.
Optimism is a political act. Those who benefit from the status quo are perfectly happy for us to think nothing is going to get any better. In fact, these days, cynicism is obedience.
Optimism is the last resort of those in deep despair. There can't be any optimists in heaven.
A script is not a piece of literature it's a process.
Absurdly improbable things are quite as liable to happen in real life as in weak literature.
You have been trapped in the inescapable net of ruin by your own want of sense.
Please all, and you will please none.
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

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