Sheila Ostrander quotes

“The courteous driver keeps a safe distance between cars and doesn't drive like one plane trying to refuel another.”
-- Sheila Ostrander

Source : Sheila Ostrander (1968). “Etiquette for today”

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“Concocting a good guest list is like seasoning a gourmet sauce. Too many similar ingredients and it's bland. Too much variety in the seasoning and the result may be overpowering.”
-- Sheila Ostrander

Source : Sheila Ostrander (1968). “Etiquette for today”

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“True hospitality is a delicate balance of warmth and form.”
-- Sheila Ostrander

Source : Sheila Ostrander (1968). “Etiquette for today”

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“travel has been stepped up to such a speed that one can have dinner in New York and indigestion in Madrid ...”
-- Sheila Ostrander

Source : Sheila Ostrander (1968). “Etiquette, Etc: A Concise Guide with a Fresh Look”

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“[talking about the Holocaust] 'But to put something in context is a step towards saying it can be understood and that it can be explained. And if it can be explained that it can be explained away.' 'But this is History. Distance yourselves. Our perspective on the past alters. Looking back, immediately in front of us is dead ground. We don't see it, and because we don't see it this means that there is no period so remote as the recent past. And one of the historian's jobs is to anticipate what our perspective of that period will be... even on the Holocaust.”

“the long-distance run of an early morning makes me think that every run like this is a life- a little life, I know- but a life as full of misery and happiness and things happening as you can ever get really around yourself”

Source : Alan Sillitoe (2016). “New and Collected Stories”, p.13, Open Road Media

“We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.”

Source : Alan Mathison Turing, B. J. Copeland (2004). “The Essential Turing”, p.463, Oxford University Press

“I had an acting teacher tell me once that if you're playing a car salesman, you don't want to be an OK car salesman, you want to play the best car salesman.”

“The chief danger of the Church today is that it is trying to get on the same side as the world, instead of turning the world upside down. Our Master expects us to accomplish results, even if they bring opposition and conflict. Anything is better than compromise, apathy, and paralysis.  God give to us an intense cry for the old-time power of the Gospel and the Holy Ghost!”

“In trying to avoid one sin I've committed another.”

“Try lighting your house by prayer instead of electricity and see which one works.”

“Good satire goes beyond the specific point it’s trying to make and teaches you how to think critically. Even after your favorite cartoonist retires or [Stephen] Colbert wraps it up, you’re not left believing everything they’re telling you.”

Source : "The Interview: 'Boondocks' Creator Aaron McGruder". Interview with Michael Cavna, voices.washingtonpost.com. July 22, 2008.

“I try to be as courteous as possible and sometimes try to tell my fans that as much as I appreciate their support, there are times where I need to be able to have an uninterrupted dinner or not have to take a bunch of pictures or just be able to do some of the normal things.”

“Trying to guess what the (mass) audience wants and then trying to satisfy that is usually a bad recipe for getting something good.”