"True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes."

-- E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

#Positive Quotes #Rivers Quotes #Noise Quotes

“I can teach idiots to squat in ten minutes.”
“I love the sound of a brand-new bottle of coke when you pry the lid off and it starts to fizz. Whenever I hear that sound, I think of roses, and of sitting together with someone you care about and of Romeo and Juliet waking up somewhere and saying to each other, weren't we jerks? And then having all that be over. That's what I think of when I hear the sound of a brand-new bottle of Coke being opened”

Source : Gary D. Schmidt (2007). “The Wednesday Wars”, p.153, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with what you do, usually.”

Source : "An interview with John Milius" by Ken P., www.ign.com. May 7, 2003.
“A good tool improves the way you work. A great tool improves the way you think.”
“OKAY. So I was going to the library every Saturday. So what? So what? It's not like I was reading books or anything.”

Source : Gary D. Schmidt (2011). “Okay for Now”, p.71, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Trust me, if I were gay I'd be getting more action than I'm getting now.”
“No one owns you. One hundred per cent of the stock in your personal corporation belongs to you.”

Source : George Matthew Adams (2016). “You Can: A Collection of Brief Talks on the Most Important Topic in the World-Your Success”, p.9, Ravenio Books
“Do you absolutely despise me, Walter?" "No." He hesitated and his voice was strange. "I despise myself.”

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