"If you give people an idea these days, they just think you are sharing it with them so they can critique it, play devil's advocate, and so on. It doesn't occur to them that they might help or get enthused or at least have the courtesy to get out of your way."

-- Esme Raji Codell

#Thinking Quotes #Play Quotes #Ideas Quotes

“I don't know what I'm playing at. I feel so romantic and furious all the time.”
“The battle of being mortal is the battle to maintain the integrity of oneâ€™s life,”

Source : Atul Gawande (2014). “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End”, p.77, Metropolitan Books
“User experience is important to strategy,”
“Through the harsh design of fate, Florida was dealt the unfortunate circumstances of bearing the brunt of not one but two hurricanes, and it appears more dark clouds are poised to visit the Sunshine State.”
“An ex-wife is a woman with a crick in the neck from looking back over her shoulder at her matrimony.”

Source : Ursula Parrott (1989). “Ex-wife”, Plume
“What could be better than walking down any street in any city and knowing you're the heavyweight champion of the world?”

Source : "Remembering the Brockton Blockbuster" by Thomas Hauser, www.nysun.com. September 14, 2005.
“We consider that the United Nations' ideal is a Jewish ideal.”
“Being taken for granted is an unpleasant but sincere form of praise. Ironically, the more reliable you are and the less you complain, the more likely you are to be taken for granted.”

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