Quotes About Attitude

How can you treat death so lightly? she asks. Because it happens, he replies. It is inevitable. I do not mourn the falling of a leaf or the breaking of a wave. I do not sorrow for a shooting star as it burns itself up in the atmosphere. Why should I?

You leap too quickly to his defense. It reveals his true attitude, of which he has doubtless made you aware.

Amber has never been noted for its squeamishness," she said. "You have been exposed to too much American journalism.

Go ahead and smirk. These things are not always a mere function of time

If you view the world as a predominately hostile place, it will be," wrote Ed Buryn.

Early disappointments with people left Washington with a residual cynicism that was to jibe well with Hamilton's views.

Burr, "His manner was patronizing. . . . As he revealed himself to my moral sense, I saw he was destitute of any fixed principles.

have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions and not upon our circumstances.

For this reason, he never used his wealth to alleviate poverty directly and scorned any charity that smacked of social welfare.

However, he was persistent, which pleased or displeased people according to taste.

It is agreed on all hands that he is handsome, his features are good, his eye is not only sprightly and expressive, but it is full of benignity. His attitude in sitting is by connoisseurs esteemed graceful and he has a method of waving his hand that announces the future orator. He stands however rather awkwardly and his legs have not all the delicate slimness of his father's. . . . If he has any fault in manners, he laughs too much.

Unfortunately, once in that state of mind, he was all but deaf to criticism.

In fact, Washington wasn't nonchalant and could be exacting and quick to take offense.

Never a great believer in book learning, Bill probably derided a college degree as a costly indulgence at a time when people didn't equate it with enhanced income.

Rockefeller felt no discomfort at being surrounded by humble people

As he abandoned his fearful attitude toward the press, he loosened up, as if liberated by the change.

Testosterone blends easily with your own hormones.… You have no fear of what any woman may think of your bed conduct. You know you are a master. You know they will be thrilled. You can come many times without weariness.… Many women are not capable of pleasure in sex and anything adverse they say or do has no effect whatever upon your pleasure. You have no fear if they conceive. What if they do? You do not care. Pour it into them and let fate decide.

people are much more interesting when they have a bit of a bite. We

How much do you work out? I don't, he said. It's genetic. Which it was. Puberty had brought him many things unbidden, including height and weight and an extreme mesomorph physique, with a six-pack like a cobbled city street, and a chest like a suit of NFL armor, and biceps like basketballs, and subcutaneous fat like a Kleenex tissue. He had never messed with any of it. No diets. No weights. No gym time. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, was his attitude.

again. He had crashed through the barrier. He had stopped worrying and started relaxing. He was up on that plateau where you just did whatever needed doing. I knew that place.

They're scientists at heart, and scientists generally retain a good-faith interest in facts and the truth. Or at least they retain some kind of innate curiosity. All of which was good, because this guy's attitude was going to be crucial. He could stay out of our way, or he could sell us out with a single phone call.

Joe stared at him. "You let her do that?" Lamonnier shrugged. An expressive, Gallic shrug, just like my mother's.

He found people respond to crises in two ways. Some get to work fixing the problem. Others, proving the problem wasn't their fault. Reacher liked the first kind. Rutherford seemed like the first kind. It was nice to see someone not dumping on him for a change.

That's your call. My philosophy is hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.