"Compromise, n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary the satisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and is deprived of nothing except what was justly his due."

-- Ambrose Bierce

#Thinking Quotes #Giving Quotes #Satisfaction Quotes

“I had piano lessons when I was a kid, like most people. And hated them, like most people. And quit, like most people.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I want story, wit, music, wryness, color, and a sense of reality in what I read, and I try to get it in what I write.”
“What a price we pay for experience, when we must sell our youth to buy it.”
“Size of industry, concentration of market, or production notwithstanding, the consumer is best served when the businessman is completely free to pursue his profit goals.”
“A charm invests a face Imperfectly beheld,â€” The lady dare not lift her veil For fear it be dispelled. But peers beyond her mesh, And wishes, and denies,â€” Lest interview annul a want That image satisfies.”
“Rock stardom and all that stuff like that was never like my main M.O., my main M.O. is musical growth, and if I become a rock star in the process, great!”
“Also, now as a result of that show being on, the cruise industry is just growing all over the place. Princess Cruises, who I now represent, is the fastest growning cruise line in the world.”
“When a manager asks for hard data, that's usually just his way of saying no.”

Source : Talk at MS Research, November 2004.

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