Sheldon Thayer quote: "It's a shame. It's one thing people look forward to, spreading blankets out next to the same people each year in a neighborly manner and renewing friendships, asking how the dog's doing."

We're regulating ourselves out of the quiet enjoyment of our community. If we can't find a way to do...
SHELDON THAYER

We used to be the little town that could and now we're the little town that won't.
SHELDON THAYER

No one knows how it is that with one glance a boy can break through into a girl's heart.
NANCY THAYER

The universe is always speaking to us... sending us little messages, causing coincidences and serend...
NANCY THAYER

Somewhere I read that human beings are the only creatures to spend the present driving themselves cr...
NANCY THAYER

Sophie felt as if she were encased in a glass globe called summer.
NANCY THAYER

It's never too late-in fiction or in life-to revise. -Nancy Thayer.
NANCY THAYER

It's never too late - in fiction or in life - to revise.
NANCY THAYER

Ultimately, we're looking for strong swims to set us up for sectionals. We did that (in this meet). ...
BEN THAYER

It won't be a lot different for us. The guys are familiar with this pool and this atmosphere. They w...
BEN THAYER

His lifetime best in the 500 was 5:11, so that was a pretty incredible drop. Then to do it again the...
BEN THAYER

Brian popped off an incredible swim.
BEN THAYER

I'll often rush out from Dark Shadows, having made a 5.30PM appointment, working for a couple of...
THAYER DAVID

They tend to lay dormant for a while but often come back, and then the cheques come in!
THAYER DAVID

For Vietnam to step forward [on security cooperation], they have to step forward in two directions. ...
CARL THAYER

We know over the last year, in the build-up, there had been attempts to get him to step down, to att...
CARL THAYER

For Vietnam to step forward [on security cooperation], they have to step forward in two directions. ...
CARL THAYER

There is normative pressure building up regionally in support of peacekeeping under U.N. auspices.
CARL THAYER

What's new is the electronic media and the sheer volume of it was exceptional.
CARL THAYER

There is general agreement on the direction of economic policy, anti-corruption, reform of state-own...
CARL THAYER

This time you're going to bring in people who were educated in Vietnam and have much wider experienc...
CARL THAYER

China has to figure out where Vietnam is going, make sure that they offer the right incentives to pr...
CARLYLE THAYER

This trial provoked interest on the part of the press, which pushed the envelope of free inquiry to ...
CARLYLE THAYER

It's getting closer, it's normalizing, but nothing extraordinary. I don't think that ideology is the...
CARLYLE THAYER

It's getting closer, it's normalizing, but nothing extraordinary, ... I don't think that ideology is...
CARLYLE THAYER

The Nam Cam scandal is the mother of all corruption scandals,
CARLYLE THAYER

The Nam Cam scandal is the mother of all corruption scandals.
CARLYLE THAYER

When you're cutting out fat, spices can add flavor.
BETHANY THAYER

Along with the rise in non-fuel import prices, this suggests the weaker dollar is taking competitive...
GARY THAYER

This device cuts french fries for you.
BETHANY THAYER

I think we'll look very closely at suspending the 18-cent tax.
THAYER VERSCHOOR

With a Teflon pan, you don't need oil or fat to conduct the heat to the item you're cooking.
BETHANY THAYER

If you want to change the way you eat, you need to change your environment.
BETHANY THAYER

It's never too late - in fiction or in life to revise
NANCY THAYER

There's a certain gravity in Stokes, due to the situations I have to handle.
THAYER DAVID

We're still in a seasonally weak period of year, where companies are trimming workforces, ... It wei...
GARY THAYER

It probably doesn't mean we don't see another rate increase, but it suggests that the Fed is not beh...
GARY THAYER

With a recent birthday, I've been acting now for twenty years.
THAYER DAVID

And back by popular demand, ... is the hit musical 'Frog and Toad.'
TOM THAYER

I think the headline number is a bit misleading. It doesn't suggest that the economy is in trouble. ...
GARY THAYER

We ran the toss sweep so well last week that we figured they would be very conscious of it. The firs...
BOB THAYER

We made it very difficult on ourselves with five turnovers. I told the kids we made enough mistakes ...
BOB THAYER

Defensively our coaches had an outstanding plan. They had the kids in position all night long and ou...
BOB THAYER

I'm not alone," said the boy. "I've got a puppy.
JANE THAYER

For Vietnam to step forward [on security cooperation], they have to step forward in two directions. ...
CARL THAYER

It suggests the drag on the economy from the trade deficit in the third quarter will not be as great...
GARY THAYER

The rise in the employment component, combined with the drop in new jobless claims reported earlier ...
GARY THAYER

The decline in the prices paid component is good news. It looks as if we're seeing some moderation i...
GARY THAYER

The Philadelphia Fed business outlook index is still above zero in January, pointing to expansion, b...
GARY THAYER

The jobless claims drop shows good strength in the labor market at the end of the year. It shows tha...
GARY THAYER

The weakness was primarily in the residential area. That's consistent with the other data we've seen...
GARY THAYER

We're in the range between 50 and 55 (in the ISM index) where the Fed often holds interest rates ste...
GARY THAYER

Today's numbers show that consumers are not very optimistic about the economy. As a result, we will ...
GARY THAYER

Looking back, it is understandable why the Australian and New Zealand currencies peaked in early 200...
GARY THAYER

If we hadn't heard from Greenspan last week that the Fed is still worried about an uneven recovery, ...
GARY THAYER

I've played four characters now, my latest one being Sandor the gypsy.
THAYER DAVID

The 2006 event logo combines the twin spires of Churchill Downs, one of the great signature elements...
DAMON THAYER

These numbers are slightly dated, but they show that the inventory liquidation period is over, and t...
GARY THAYER

For Vietnam to step forward [on security cooperation], they have to step forward in two directions. ...
CARL THAYER

Professor Stokes has a more cultured accent, and in many ways, he is the hardest one to do, because ...
THAYER DAVID

With all the risk out there, it will be too risky to go much bigger.
THOMAS THAYER

I think the state of the bloodstock market is strong. The recent sales results have been tremendo...
DAMON THAYER

All the teenagers I know are against it; all the parents are for it. I'm going to come down on the s...
DAMON THAYER

We have every reason here in Kentucky to be proud of this result.
DAMON THAYER

As an actor, I was just satisfied to work.
THAYER DAVID

She has a beautiful voice.
TOM THAYER

Manufacturing is expanding, but not as broadly as in November. There was weakness in new orders and ...
GARY THAYER

By holding at this power level, we are ensuring we maintain ample margins to ensure plant reliabilit...
JAY THAYER

Albert Einstein once said that ‘insanity’ was ‘Doing the same thing over and over again, expec...
JOSS SHELDON

To be successful you need friends and to be very successful you need enemies.
SIDNEY SHELDON

I'm a woman. I have a right to change my mind.
SIDNEY SHELDON

Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you ...
SIDNEY SHELDON

Because there was a hunger in me to see everything and do everything. I wanted to be everyone I saw....
SIDNEY SHELDON

All of the significant battles are waged within the self.
SHELDON KOPP

In the long run, we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.
SHELDON KOPP

You only get to keep what you give away.
SHELDON KOPP

Rhode Island works hard to reduce air pollution in our communities. We passed laws to prohibit cars ...
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE

When people tell me I've kept them up all night, I feel like I've succeeded.
SIDNEY SHELDON

If we believe in an all-powerful God, then we must then believe that God gave us this Earth, and we ...
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE

When cyclones tear up Oklahoma and hurricanes swamp Alabama and wildfires scorch Texas, you come to ...
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE

When counting on learning from innovation, there are great successes but also failures. The Wright B...
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE

When you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it's yours...
SIDNEY SHELDON

I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first sto...
SIDNEY SHELDON

I wanted to make sure that the man who found the genie would not take terrible advantage of her, so ...
SIDNEY SHELDON

The thing that made Groucho special was the way he used his body parts. He also had a wicked tongue....
SIDNEY SHELDON

The fact that my female characters have strong personalities but are also physically attractive prob...
SIDNEY SHELDON

If there is any secret to my success, I think it's that my characters are very real to me. I fee...
SIDNEY SHELDON

I love the freedom that the narrative form provides.
SIDNEY SHELDON

There's this sense of excitement because you invent and control the characters. You decide wheth...
SIDNEY SHELDON

The part of my writing I find the most rewarding is when people write to me or speak to me in public...
SIDNEY SHELDON

I think that's because believable action is based on authenticity, and accuracy is very importan...
SIDNEY SHELDON

Abraham Lincoln because he was a man filled with great compassion who believed that all men are crea...
SIDNEY SHELDON

Women's value has been under-recognized for far too long.
SIDNEY SHELDON

The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpos...
SIDNEY SHELDON

What I do is put my characters into situations that are so precarious there is no way to get out. An...
SIDNEY SHELDON

I will not write about anyplace in the world unless I've been there to personally research it.
SIDNEY SHELDON

I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation ...
SIDNEY SHELDON

I always spend time exploring the customs and attitudes of the countries I'm using for locations...
SIDNEY SHELDON

Talent is a gift that can be given, and it can be taken away. We have to appreciate that.
SIDNEY SHELDON

Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberatel...
SIDNEY SHELDON

I admire people who are, by nature, kind and fair to others.
SIDNEY SHELDON

Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't...
SIDNEY SHELDON

I think people really understand that clean air and clean water and not having factories dumping the...
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE

How arrogant - how very far from humility - would be the self-satisfied, smug assurance that God, a ...
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE

When we breathe it in, soot can interfere with our lungs and increase the risk of asthma attacks, lu...
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE

Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.
SIDNEY SHELDON

My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place -...
SIDNEY SHELDON

Stories had always been told about male genies coming out of bottles, but they were usually fat, old...
SIDNEY SHELDON

Another woman approached me while I was having lunch at the Russian Tea Room in New York and told me...
SIDNEY SHELDON

That death, so full of suffering for us both, suffering that still overwhelmed my life, was yet a se...
SHELDON VANAUKEN

Goodness & love are as real as their terrible opposites, and, in truth, far more real, though I ...
SHELDON VANAUKEN

…though I wouldn’t have admitted it, even to myself, I didn’t want God aboard. He was too heav...
SHELDON VANAUKEN

It is, I think, that we are all so alone in what lies deepest in our souls, so unable to find the wo...
SHELDON VANAUKEN

The best argument for Christianity is Christians: their joy, their certainty, their completeness. Bu...
SHELDON VANAUKEN

The guru, if he is gifted, reads the story as any bilingual person might. He does not translate-he u...
SHELDON KOPP

Donovan is the franchise player here. We built this team around him. We're going to go as far as he ...
SHELDON BROWN

Why are there violent cartels in marijuana, cocaine, and heroin but not in whiskey and cigarettes?
SHELDON RICHMAN

It's a fairly risky fund, but if you want to buy the stocks of the Nasdaq 100, that's a way to do it...
SHELDON JACOB

These core principles - helping patients, preventing medical errors, promoting best practices and im...
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE

I think that it's very, very hard for the NRA to continue to defend the position that people who...
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE

When you don't have accountability, there's no limit to the things that people will say. One...
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE

They are primitive un-evolved bodies, so by studying these bodies we can learn more about how the so...
SHELDON SCHAFER

In a novel, on the other hand, you not only have to describe the rooms, but the clothes, the charact...
SIDNEY SHELDON

According to the IRS, the wealthiest 400 Americans, who earned an average of roughly $270 million in...
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE

A man in the jungle at night, as someone said, may suppose a hyena's growl to be a lion's; but when ...
SHELDON VANAUKEN

Between the probable and proved there yawns
A gap. Afraid to jump, we stand absurd,
Then ...
SHELDON VANAUKEN

What we did see was that jealousy is fear: it can corrode even if quite baseless.
SHELDON VANAUKEN

Whatever one of us asked the other to do - it was assumed the asker would weigh all the consequences...
SHELDON VANAUKEN

You have two choices. you can keep running and hiding and blaming the world for your problems, or yo...
SIDNEY SHELDON

But in the books again, great joy through love seemed always to go hand in hand with frightful pain....
SHELDON VANAUKEN

My prayers are answered. No: a glimpse is not a vision. But to a man on a mountain road by night, a ...
SHELDON VANAUKEN

There was something tender and gentle about our love, something a little shy, that was like early sp...
SHELDON VANAUKEN

I had always served beauty. Davy and I together had loved beauty. Now, maybe, I was worshipping beau...
SHELDON VANAUKEN

To believe with certainty, somebody said, one has to begin by doubting.
SHELDON VANAUKEN

The birthers, the fanatics, the people running around in right-wing militia and Aryan support groups...
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE

At this point, it sort of has a life of its own.
AMBER SHELDON

I've worked hard to build it, and it just keeps growing.
AMBER SHELDON

I support hockey in this region, and I was thinking of a good way to show support.
AMBER SHELDON

It's been five years of hardship against these guys, them running up the score on us and what a good...
SHELDON KUHNS

A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.
SIDNEY SHELDON

It is not possible to be 'incidentally a Christian.' The fact of Christianity must be overwhelmingly...
SHELDON VANAUKEN

I have recently moved away but I am glad to hear the proposals were withdrawn. It was just the wrong...
DAVID SHELDON

The economic data over the next several weeks are going to be difficult to interpret, and it'll be i...
MICHAEL SHELDON

It’s our self-proclaimed protectors from whom need we protection most.
SHELDON RICHMAN

Just remember, when someone has an accent, it means that he knows one more language than you do.
SIDNEY SHELDON

The unlived life is not worth examining.
SHELDON KOPP

All of the significant battles are waged within the self
SHELDON KOPP

The most effective guard against delinquency is a father who is at the same time both strict and lov...
SHELDON GLUECK

He was very dogmatic. He wasn't interested in Ohio State.
JOHN SHELDON

Eastman Kodak in its heyday might have paid more, but there are different benefits, including tuitio...
SHELDON STEINBACH

Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and you're in competition with experts. If you want...
SIDNEY SHELDON

While the term 'clean' is ambiguous, the desired result is one that meets or exceeds the cleanliness...
PETER SHELDON

Five states - Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois and North Carolina - have been identified ...
SHELDON WHITEHOUSE

There's a touch screen where you can assemble snippets into a mini-show. Imagine you go to a jukebox...
SHELDON SCHAFER

On 'Jeannie' it said 'Created by Sidney Sheldon, written by Sidney Sheldon.' It was like an ego trip...
SIDNEY SHELDON

As I dictate, other characters come in and the story begins to form, and I really talk the story,
SIDNEY SHELDON

That was the year every show on the air went to color, except for one, and I found out that Screen G...
SIDNEY SHELDON

Pot has become a government cash crop.
SHELDON HAYES

Keep it simple you make less mistakes that way
SHELDON HAYES

Love is the foundation of forgiveness.
SHELDON HAYES

The heart can never be filled with to much love
SHELDON HAYES

Poverty is never self inflicted it is created and orchestrated by the powers that be.
SHELDON HAYES

You cannot promote peace while engaging in war.
SHELDON HAYES

He didn't see me and probably felt he could connect on the deep slant.
SHELDON BROWN

The foolish think the Eagle weak, and easy to bring to heel. The Eagle's wings are silken, but its c...
SIDNEY SHELDON

When I think of Colonel Crawford it reminds me a lot of the district I grew up in, a rural district ...
DAVID SHELDON

If it's half as good as the half we've known, here's Hail! to the rest of the road.
SHELDON VANAUKEN

Historically, the three-month period before the Fed goes on hold in the rate hiking cycle, stocks ha...
MICHAEL SHELDON

The creature who lives inside my brain suggested I do it,” I offered tentatively. “It was very c...
JOSS SHELDON

February has historically been a lackluster month for the stock market.
MICHAEL SHELDON

I became a new person; sucked into the neutrality of the abyss, comforted by social norms, and set f...
JOSS SHELDON

Enemy combatants could be affected by this regulation.
SHELDON SMITH

Fred was a penny-pinching type of guy so it seemed to fit well.
MIKE SHELDON

Sleeping is like eating. It is performing a biological function that is required.
STEPHEN SHELDON

In the long run we get no more than we have been willing to risk giving.
SHELDON KOPP

Why do I need succession planning? I'm very alert, I'm very vibrant. I have no intention to retire.
SHELDON ADELSON

If I were to retire, I would keep my family's interest in the company the same and say, Don't sell.
SHELDON ADELSON

I've already figured out when I'm going to be No. 2 and No. 1.
SHELDON ADELSON

I see this as my humanitarian legacy. We're prepared to pay billions.
SHELDON ADELSON

I look at every business and ask, How long can this last? How can I identify the status quo and chan...
SHELDON ADELSON

I was sitting with the Prime Minister, and he was making reference to the Mice market. I said: 'Is t...
SHELDON ADELSON

For me, businesses are like buses. You stand on a corner and you don't like where the first bus is g...
SHELDON ADELSON

Your future is as bright as the stars the only difference is the stars are going to be in this world...
SHELDON CLIFTON

Alfred is taken past this broom, and enters this room; which can only be described as 'piecemeal'. I...
JOSS SHELDON

The optimist would say we're in the early stage of a broad rally, the pessimist would say this is a ...
MICHAEL SHELDON

He didn't alienate every player. He did talk to some teammates. We all have to drop our egos, period...
SHELDON BROWN

The teacher who would be true to his mission and accomplish the most good, must give prominence to m...
SHELDON JACKSON

Television is a distraction device that was developed to deliberately destroy our desire to discover...
SHELDON HAYES

The art of war is stratergy and a plan B
SHELDON HAYES

Obsession is a compulsion fueled by ones desire.
SHELDON HAYES

Forgiveness is the strongest pain killer.
SHELDON HAYES

Economic recovery is impossible when you force the people into poverty and destitution.
SHELDON HAYES

Caged birds don't sing if they are not happy
SHELDON HAYES

Freedom is not free sacrifice is the ultimate price and death is the final fee.
SHELDON HAYES

People who judge others without knowledge of them are shallow and insignificant.
SHELDON HAYES

Those drugs were either going to bring me nirvana or they were going to kill me. I was sure of it. A...
JOSS SHELDON

would be controlling
SIDNEY SHELDON

His main problem, he knew, would be controlling the press.
SIDNEY SHELDON

It's a shame. It's one thing people look forward to, spreading blankets out next to the same people each year in a neighborly manner and renewing friendships, asking how the dog's doing.

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It's a shame. It's one thing people look forward to, spreading blankets out next to the same people each year in a neighborly manner and renewing friendships, asking how the dog's doing.

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