"Little secrets are commonly told again, but great ones generally kept."

-- Lord Chesterfield

#Secret Quotes #Littles Quotes

“I remember my sense of shock some half-dozen years ago when I read a recommendation to sell shares of a company ... The recommendation was not based on any long-term fundamentals. Rather, it was that over the next six months the funds could be employed more profitably elsewhere.”
“What the nostalgic past and the imaginary future seem to share in common is a form of idealism, perhaps a dream of wholeness. Our future is just as goopy with sentiment as our past. To me, they're the same, both very tempting, and I don't believe in either, although the idealism is probably important.”

Source : Source: www.omnivoracious.com
“When I talk to anyone or read the writings of anyone who has any axe to grind, I feel that intellectual honesty and balanced judgement have simply disappeared from the face of the earth. Everyone's thought is forensic, everyone is simply putting a "case" with deliberate suppression of his opponent's point of view, and, what is more, with complete insensitiveness to any sufferings except those of himself and his friends.”
“A fair and just society offers equality of opportunity to all. But it cannot promise, and should not try to enforce, sameness.”
“Ring up your parents and ring up your kids and tell them that you love them.”

Source : "Stephen Daldry Discusses New Movie". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. December 20, 2011.
“Sentences I never thought I would write. (1) That John Prescott certainly has a way with the ladies. (2) Give it to Steve McClaren, he seems like the man for the England job. (3) Peter Crouch is the man to replace Rooney.”
“My mom was paranoid about my safety.”
“I don't know how many times a phone call or e-mail starts with, "I don't agree with anything you say but you're funny as hell so I listen to your show, I love your show."”

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