"For men are held above their fellows by the gossamer of reputation, which is so soft and fragile a breath can blow it away."

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Source : Iain Pears (1999). “AN Instance of the Fingerpost”, p.404, Penguin

Iain Pears

#Blow Quotes #Men Quotes #Reputation Quotes

“I've always - outside of the outfielders running over the hump, and it could be slightly dangerous, and it can impact play; of course it can. But on the other side I think, again, just if you're pitching, a relief pitcher, I think it's kind of a great place to get involved in a game.”
“Violence is never a solution in my plays, just as ultimately violence is never a solution in human affairs.”
“You can have the best team in baseball, and if nobody goes through the turnstiles, you've got to shut the doors down.”
“Most recently, the President's reluctance to offend Senator Rick Santorum -- a Catholic theocrat who believes that states should have the power to arrest gay lovers in their bedrooms, or even to criminalize couples who use contraceptives -- was an occasion to wonder what, exactly, Mr. Bush was born-again into.”

Source : "God and George W. Bush". www.nytimes.com. May 17, 2003.
“I just know that any time I undertake a case, I'm apt to run into some kind of a trap.”

Source : Carolyn Keene (1943). “Nancy Drew 11: The Clue of the Broken Locket”, p.70, Penguin
“Ideas, we all know, are not born in people's heads. They begin somewhere out there, loose wisps of smoke swirling directionless in their search for a befitting mind.”

Source : Mia Couto, David Brookshaw (2006). “Sleepwalking Land”, p.39, Profile Books
“I have never met a grateful performer in the movies.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“He isn't a real boss until he has trained subordinates to shoulder most of his responsibilities.”

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