Lorrie Moore Quote

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.

Why fear death? It is the most beautiful adventure in life.

A photograph doesn't gain weight or lose weight, or change from being happy to being sad. It's frozen. You can use it, then recycle it.

Precision, speed, unambiguity, knowledge of files, continuity, discretion, unity, strict subordination, reduction of friction and of material and personal costs - these are raised to the optimum point...

That's what drives science though: trying to find out the way things are, the way they were, and the way it really works. If that is your goal, then you want to make sure that your information is accu...

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Let my silence grow with noise as pregnant mothers grow with life. Let my silence permeate these walls as sunlight permeates a home. Let the silence rise from unwatered graves and craters left by bomb...

Formal education and current position can define your worthiness. What makes you extraordinary is defined by your attitude towards others.

You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new.