As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard. ~Gena Showalter
#quotes #gena-showalter #teenage

Search engine marketing and search engine optimization are critically important to online businesses. You can spend every penny you have on a website, but it will all be for nothing if nobody knows your site is there. ~Marc Ostrofsky
#quotes #marc-ostrofsky #marketing #internet

You know, I think, I think the Palestinians are trying to get away without negotiating. They're trying to get a state to continue the conflict with Israel rather than to end it. They're trying to basically detour around peace negotiations by going to the U.N. and have the automatic majority in the U.N. General Assembly give them, give them a state. ~Benjamin Netanyahu
#quotes #benjamin-netanyahu #israel

Every day man increases in new understanding. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs #knowledge

When you have gone so far that you can't manage one more step, then you've gone just half the distance that you're capable of. ~Greenland Proverb
#proverbs #greenland-proverbs

Every woman should eat for the long run so she can manage the short stops of crisis. ~Jane Fonda
#quotes #jane-fonda #sports #running #women

Friendship is not how long we have been together; not how much we have given or received; not how many times we have helped each other; it is how we value each other.
#friendship #relationship #love

If you listen to really deep ambient records that don't move too much, very still records, long after those records are finished, you might find yourself listening for hours to the sound of the room. ~Bill Laswell
#quotes #bill-laswell #music

When I was little, I had never really expected to win such a big competition. For a long time, just skating in the Olympics had been my goal because not many Koreans had done it. ~Kim Yuna
#quotes #kim-yuna #olympics #skating #korea

My whole life has been stability. People who have worked with me have for a long time. Air Asia is the same people who started it. ~Tony Fernandes
#quotes #tony-fernandes #air-asia

Imagination is cheap as long as you don't have to worry about the details. ~Daniel Dennett
#quotes #daniel-dennett #imagination

The fire of reeds is of rapid extinction. ~Arabic Proverb
#proverbs #arabic-proverbs

I watched her for a long time, memorizing her shoulders, her long-legged gait. This was how girls left. They packed up their suitcases and walked away in high heels. They pretended they weren't crying, that it wasn't the worst day of their lives. That they didn't want their mothers to come running after them, begging their forgiveness, that they wouldn't have gone down on their knees and thanked god if they could stay. ~Janet Fitch
#quotes #janet-fitch

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #beauty

Collectively with my design team we spent time working on the feel, fit and style to ensure the product is not only something I would wear but one which I would be proud to put my name to. I always want to challenge myself and this was such a rewarding experience for me. I'm very happy with the end result and I hope H&M's male customers will be as excited as I am. ~David Beckham
#quotes #david-beckham #design

"Look at that," she whispered, and then after a moment: "I'd like to just get one of those pink clouds and put you in it and push you around." ~F. Scott Fitzgerald
#quotes #f-scott-fitzgerald #clouds

I hope you will judge yourselves not on your professional accomplishments alone, but also on how well you have addressed the world's deepest inequities... on how well you treated people a world away who have nothing in common with you but your humanity. ~Bill Gates
#quotes #bill-gates #philanthropy #humanity

A promise is a comfort for a fool. ~Proverb
#proverbs #promise #stupidity

One does evil enough when one does nothing good. ~German Proverb
#proverbs #german-proverbs #idleness #evil

A kiss without a hug is like a flower without the fragrance. ~Proverb
#proverbs #hugs #kiss

Sweet is the day of sacred rest;
No mortal cares shall seize my breast;
O may my heart in tune be found
Like David's harp of solemn sound. ~Isaac Watts
#quotes #isaac-watts #poetry

A fish and a bird may fall in love but the two cannot build a home together. ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs #love #home

A man without religion is like a horse without a bridle. ~Latin Proverb
#proverbs #latin-proverbs #religion

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #conscience

Laughter is God's hand on a troubled world. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #laughing