Ed Rollins Quotes

Wringin' your hands only stops you from rollin' up your sleeves.

Growing up with three brothers and three sisters, I was the storyteller of the family... what my mother called 'The Liar.'

Guns, grendels, or nuclear bombs; take your pick.

Gray imagined Kat scolding her husband in an operatic duet that has been going on between husbands and wives for ages, that eternal mix of exasperation and love." -- James Rollins

The hope for our nation and our world lies within our ability to innovate and move forward technologically.

it sucks to get old...but there's always beer

With two books a year, I don't have time for writer's block.

Often life asks much of you, and you either honor life by answering with all your heart, or you cower your way into your grave.

Generally, if you preface an interview request with, 'I'm an author writing a book,' for some reason, that seems to open a lot of doors.

They wanted them to look like the Gods. God doesn't look like this.

When someone is always looking over their shoulder, they're more likely to trip.

A stunner…reminds me of Tom Clancy at his finest.

Biblical references about knowledge and good and evil often get tangled up.

I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction.

I'm pretty disciplined to keep the momentum of a story going by writing everyday, even if it's only a couple paragraphs or a page or two.

Hustle is just playing the game right.

For me personally it doesn't matter who is the manager, I'm going to go out there and play for the manager, and play for this uniform as a team.

Even when I'm nervous, I think I'm able to turn that nervous energy into strength.

Physical ability only goes so far. You have to work hard the rest of the way.

My role is to set everything in motion.

I planned on being successful ever since I was young. To me, this is nothing to be surprised about.

Passiveness affects everything. It affects you on the bases and on defense. It affects your thinking. I can't be passive.

People think I must have all these superstitions, but I don't. I use my batting gloves 'til they wear out. I broke four or five bats during the streak, and I didn't cry over any of them.

The bottom line is just that Rickey Henderson was my favorite player. His flair, his style-the key word is impact-he's an impact player.

I've got numbers in my head that I'd like to keep to myself. If I get them or pass them, only I will know.

If you're talented enough and play long enough, and put up numbers, you'll get to the Hall of Fame. That doesn't make you a World Series winner.

We all have many opportunities, but limited capacity to pursue them. Make choices, focus your time and energy, so that you can submit your share of masterpieces to the greater good.

We are seeing a steady improvement in corporate demand. I think it's going to be steady, not explosive, throughout the year.

What we learned several years ago was that one of our weaknesses would be if we didn't develop enough people with the know-how to run our company, it would come to the point where we would just stop.

In the enterprise, the trend is towards smaller, more powerful standardized systems where Dell is uniquely positioned.

I believe that one-product wonders come and go.

Intel's still our main partner. We have not announced anything with AMD and don't have anything planned, but we're constantly being aware to make sure our customers get the best technology.

We own 18 percent of just the PC business. Now that's only about 60 percent of our business today.

I am interested in my music lasting only while I'm alive. I'm not writing for the future.

I'm fortunate that I'm making a living at it now because I'm not equipped to do anything else.

I feel that I have an obligation to jazz and also to myself to play as good as I can play.

I feel that L.A. has not always been my strongest base for support. That can be for various reasons.

America is deeply rooted in Negro culture: its colloquialisms; its humor; its music.

Charlie Parker stuck out in my mind.

There have been many great musicians that, Clifford Brown is one great example, I mean he died very early, 25.

I see walking bombs on the streetHearts not beating, but ticking

I think to myself: I don't want to survive this oneI want to burn up in the wreckage

She lit my soul and inhaled deeplyFlicking my ashes occasionally.

Everything you do makes my body scream with loneliness. When I see you, the room swallows me. I find myself at the bottom of the pool.

Yes, I guess you could say I am a loner, but i feel more lonely in a crowded room with boring people then i feel on my owm.

I don't have talent, I have tenacity.

For some there is no musicNo lightsNo fireNo untamed madness that breathes lifeThere is workAnguishFrustrationRageDespairA dullness that rings like wooden thunder

I'll be here tomorrowIf I can make it through today.

As a teen, I heard the second Velvet Underground album, 'White Light/White Heat, ' and it was too much for my limited scope of appreciation. It was intense, but I didn't get it.

I think young people should travel and travel often to other countries... like I do.