"What is the cost of not daring? What is the cost of not trying?"

-- Jacqueline Novogratz

#Thought Provoking Quotes #Trying Quotes #Cost Quotes

“For each glass, liberally large, the basic ingredients begin with ice cubes in a shaker and three or four drops of Angostura bitters on the ice cubes. Add several twisted lemon peels to the shaker, then a bottle-top of dry vermouth, a bottle-top of Scotch, and multiply the resultant liquid content by five with gin, preferably Bombay Sapphire. Add more gin if you think it is too bland... I have been told, but have no personal proof that it is true, that three of these taken in the course of an evening make it possible to fly from New York to Paris without an airplane.”
“We do not know how much of the environmental change is due to human activities and how much [is due] to long-term natural processes over which we have no control.”
“I've traveled with Jack Murtha to Iraq three times to learn more about the region, talk with our diplomats and military leaders, and meet with our troops. Those visits are the main reason that I opposed the War in Iraq since its inception.”

Source : "Why I Support Murtha for Majority Leader" by John B. Larson, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 14, 2006.
“Well, there's nothing better than putting your feet up on a Sunday afternoon and grabbing a good book.”

Source : "Chris Klein, 'American Reunion' Star, On Being Left Out Of 'American Wedding' And Life After His 'Mamma Mia' Audition". Interview with Mike Ryan, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2012.
“How much of life could he spend aching? Aching is not a stable condition; it must resolve into something”

Source : Arthur Phillips (2009). “The Song Is You: A Novel”, p.210, Random House
“In our daily lives, where we're bombarded by the fake and the trivial, reading serves as a way to stop, shut out the noise of the world, and try to grab hold of something real, no matter how small.”

Source : Maureen Corrigan (2007). “Leave Me Alone, I'm Reading: Finding and Losing Myself in Books”, p.13, Vintage
“For man, the death of the body is inevitable, and is determined by time and circumstance; but, with proper precaution, the death of the soul may be totally avoided.”

Source : William Batchelder Greene (1875). “Socialistic, Communistic, Mutualistic, and Financial Fragments”, p.81
“Many with careers in the art world are intimidated, and afraid to speak out against the gospels of Modernist theory.”

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