"The Suicide, as she is falling, Illuminated by the moon, Regrets her act, and finds appalling The thought she will be dead so soon."

-- Edward Gorey

#Suicide Quotes #Regret Quotes #Fall Quotes

“I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out.”
“I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow. When there's that moment of 'Wow, I'm not really sure I can do this,' and you push through those moments, that's when you have a breakthrough.”

Source : "Google's Marissa Mayer: Passion is a gender-neutralizing force" by Felicia Taylor, edition.cnn.com. April 5, 2012.
“Not many people know this, but I literally own only one pair of heels!”

Source : Source: sea.askmen.com
“I cannot understand why the poets of our day wax indignant at the vulgarity of their age and complain of having come into the world too early or too late. I believe that every man of intellect can create his own beautiful fable of life.”
“To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world.”
“Every time we burn a gallon of gas or an acre of rain forest, aren't we killing the future to preserve the present?”
“The new leader is a facilitator, not an order giver.”
“Money is in politics, it's been there. I was in politics for 10 years, I had some of the worst ads run against me ever. I had some of the most money spent by a guy in my state running against me. That's not the issue. The issue is getting out and making the case for what we're going to do to create jobs and to make the economic situation for individual families better.”

Source : "Panel on Tea Party, anti-establishment 'wave'". "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. October 24, 2010.

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