Jo Walton Quotes

We let folks know we're interested in them and that they're vital to us. cause they are.

You can learn from everybody.

I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan's look good.

We exercise great caution in airing an audio- or videotape released by a terrorist organization holding a hostage. These are decisions made by CNN's editorial staff and not by any third party.

Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.

Growing up, my parents were very, very strict. And then I went to UCLA with John Wooden, who was just off the charts.

I grew up around a lot of feminine energy.

All that hullabaloo about somebody's net worth is just stupid, and it's made my life a lot more complex and difficult.

The passions I have in my life are my family, music, books, I'm an avid plant collector, and I love to ride my bike.

There is only one boss. The customer.

He directed that the stone over his grave be inscribed: Hic jacet hujus sententiae primus auctor: DISPUTANDI PRURITUS ECCLESIARUM SCABIES.

I don't take a scene or word for granted.

Loosen up, and everybody around you will loosen up.

Angling may be saidtobe so likemathematics, that itcan never be fully learnt.

These poor rich men, we anglers pity them perfectly.

Capital isn't scarce; vision is.

When you find yourself talking about less and less and forgetting the love that you bring, never forget there are things you can replace but others you can not.

I've had 36 orthopedic operations, have two fused ankles, my knees, hands and wrists don't work, I now have a fused spine, other than that, everything is great.

Stereotypes have their roots in truth.

After a lifetime of swimming upstream, I am convinced that one of the real secrets to Wal-mart's phenomenal success has been that very tendency.

It was almost as if I had a right to win. Thinking like that often seems to turn into sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I learned from my dad that change and experimentation are constants and important. You have to keep trying new things.

My bike is my gym, my wheelchair, and my church all in one.

High expectations is the key to everything.

Take the best out of everything and adapt it to your needs.

No man can lose what he never had.

I was asked what I thought about the recession. I thought about it and decided not to take part.

The person who loses their conscience has nothing left worth keeping.

Some families sell their stocks off a little bit at a time to live high, and then - boom - somebody takes them over, and it all goes down the drain.

If you like a story that's totally different and won't know which way it's going... where it's go ing to end up and which way it's going to take you, then I think my work fits the bill.

Let me tell you that every misery I miss is a new blessing.

Curiosity doesn't kill the cat; it kills the competition.

Most everything I've done I've copied from somebody else.

I have always been driven to buck the system, to innovate, to take things beyond where they've been.

I not only knew I wanted to go into retailing, I also knew I wanted to go into business for myself.

I've owned about 18 airplanes over the years, and I've never bought one of them new.

I love live music. I love going to the event. And to know them as people and to have seen the Grateful Dead grow up and become who they are is so incredibly special.

I have known a very good, fisher angle diligently four or six hours for a river carp, and not have a bite.

I know the price of lettuce. You need to understand price and value. You buy the best lettuce you can at the best price you can.

I think my constant fiddling and meddling with the status quo may have been one of my biggest contributions to the later success of Wal-Mart.

One thing my and mother and dad shared completely was their approach to money - they just didn't spend it.

I loved retail from the beginning, and I still love it today.

I guess in all my years, what I heard more than anything else was: a mere town cannot support a discount store for very long.

Angling is an art, and an art worth your learning.

A grudge is like being stung to death by one bee.

It's just as difficult to overcome success as it is to overcome failure.

Perhaps the hardest lesson of all is that there is no such thing as 'getting it right'-least of all with the promulgation of quality.

This dish of meat is too good for any but anglers, or very honest men.

It [angling] deserves commendations;... it is an art worthy the knowledge and practice of a wise man.

Affliction is a divine diet which though it be not pleasing to mankind, yet almighty God hath often imposed it as a good, thought bitter, physic, to those children whose souls are dearest to him.