"The CEO era gave rise to the CFO (not certified flying object, as you might imagine, but chief financial officer) and, most recently, the CIO, chief investment officer, a nice boost for the bookkeeper you can't afford to give a raise . . ."

-- William Safire

#Nice Quotes #Giving Quotes #Flying Quotes

“The audience should go out and see Shark Night 3D because you can bring your whole family.”
“An interim government was set up in Afghanistan. It included two women, one of whom was Minister of Women's Affairs. Man, who'd she have to show here ankles to to get that job?”
“My children have grown up around animals. They're not scared of them.”
“The #‎ knuckleball can be a metaphor of what it's like to let go.”
“Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.”
“Nature best teaches how to pray, and how to reverence all the gifts the Almighty has given us. She is like a vast outspread handkerchief, embroidered with God's eternal name, on which we may dry alike our tears of sorrow and of joy; she turns weeping into ecstasy, and fills our hearts with speechless, quiet reverence and resignation.”
“I'm not going to be hardened by these people, to these things, I'm not going to let them destroy my feelings or my emotions.”

Source : "Who the Fuck is Pete Doherty?". June 6, 2005.
“If you are going to bluff, make it a big one.”

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