Starter Quotes

“I feel pretty sure I know why the dinosaurs went extinct. They were waiting for Sam to pick out a cell phone case.”

“Too often we only identify the crucial points in our lives in retrospect. At the time we are too absorbed in the fetid detail of the moment to spot where it is leading us. But not this time. I was experiencing one of my dad’s deafening moments. If my life could be understood as a meal of many courses (and let’s be honest, much of it actually was), then I had finished the starters and I was limbering up for the main event. So far, of course, I had made a stinking mess of it. I had spilled the wine. I had dropped my cutlery on the floor and sprayed the fine white linen with sauce. I had even spat out some of my food because I didn’t like the taste of it.“But it doesn’t matter because, look, here come the waiters. They are scraping away the debris with their little horn and steel blades, pulled with studied grace from the hidden pockets of their white aprons. They are laying new tablecloths, arranging new cutlery, placing before me great domed wine glasses, newly polished to a sparkle. There are more dishes to come, more flavors to try, and this time I will not spill or spit or drop or splash. I will not push the plate away from me, the food only half eaten. I am ready for everything they are preparing to serve me. Be in no doubt; it will all be fine.” (pp.115-6)”

“Sometimes the grass gets mowedat the house where the writer lives.”

“Wonder is the starter kit for innovation”

“Opening/Starters are the inspirational pattern of Transformation.”

“fear is the starter pistol to life's greatest moments”

“Masters today, were Starters Yesterday, so begin now.”

“I was a late starter on the romantic front. I didn't start dating until I was in my 30s.”

“You must be a starter and a finisher, the slogan “press on” has solved a lot of problem.”