"...We have seven people who knew the skewers were there: the wedding planner, the reception hall manager, the dressmaker, the florist, the veil-maker, the cake-maker, and the caterer. I haven't ruled out the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker, either."

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Source : Linda Howard (2010). “Veil of Night: A Novel”, p.139, Ballantine Books

Linda Howard

#Cake Quotes #People Quotes #Bakers Quotes

“The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the crown. It may be frail, its roof may shake, the winds may blow through it, the storm may enter, the rain may enter; but the king of England cannot enter.”

Source : William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham's speech on the Excise Bill in the House of Commons (March 1763), as quoted in Lord Brougham "Historical Sketches of Statesmen Who Flourished in the Time of George III, Volume I" (p. 42), 1839.
“I do have an honorary professorship in Poetics from the Vienna Academy of Arts. So I have not gone completely unnoticed”
“Show me the man who has enjoyed his schooldays and I will show you a bully and a bore.”

Source : Robert Morley, Sewell Stokes (1967). “Robert Morley: a reluctant autobiography”
“Ask yourself: Where do I want to go? Recognize where you are now, then figure out the steps to get there.”
“The power of equations lies in the philosophically difficult correspondence between mathematics, a collective creation of human minds, and an external physical reality. Equations model deep patterns in the outside world. By learning to value equations, and to read the stories they tell, we can uncover vital features of the world around us.”

Source : Ian Stewart (2012). “Seventeen Equations that Changed the World”, p.9, Profile Books
“There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. There will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.”

Source : Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.75, Bottom of the Hill
“I have witnessed things the ancients would have called miracles, but they are not miracles. They are the products of someone's dream, and they happen as the result of hard work.”
“They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.”

Source : Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.79, Courier Corporation

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