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Operative Quotes (page 12)

So she learned ways of conserving bits of seconds. Long before the train ground to a stop at her station, she pushed her way to the door to be one of the first expelled when it slid open. Out of the train, she ran like a deer, circling the crowd to be the first up the stairs leading to the street. Walking to the office, she kept close to the buildings so she could turn corners sharply. She crossed streets kittycorner to save stepping off and on an extra pair of curbs. At the building,... Betty Smith
I left a pause. ‘You sound like a certain kind of surgeon. A lot more interested in the operation than the patient.’ ‘I should not like to be in the hands of a surgeon who did not take that view. John Fowles
The communications apparatus at headquarters was remarkable...It was possible to communicate directly with all important theaters of the war...They could be directed from Hitler's table in the situation room. The more fearful the situation, the greater was the gulf modern technology created between reality and fantasies with which the man at this table operated. Albert Speer
Julia Child quote: "But I was a pure romantic, and only operating with half my..."
But I was a pure romantic, and only operating with half my burners turned on. Julia Child
Benjamin Graham quote: "An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis,..."
An investment operation is one which, upon thorough analysis, promises safety of principal and an adequate return. Benjamin Graham
Ed Koch quote: "The city is the size of a country, but has been operated like..."
The city is the size of a country, but has been operated like a candy store. Ed Koch
The notion that not only the biopolymer but the operating program of a living cell could be arrived at by chance in a primordial organic soup here on the Earth is evidently nonsense of a high order. Fred Hoyle
He was in love, very much in love; and it was a love which, operating on an active, sanguine spirit, of more warmth than delicacy, made her affection appear of greater consequence, because it was witheld, and determined him to have the glory, as well as the felicity of forcing her to love him. Jane Austen
If there is a life force operating in Nature, still there is nothing so analogous in a bureaucracy. Nothing so mystical. It all comes down, as it must, to the desires of individual men. Oh, and women too of course, bless their empty ...little heads. Thomas Pynchon
Wealth ... or death. Those were the choices Gateway offered. Humans had discovered this artificial spaceport, full of working interstellar ships left behind by the mysterious, vanished Heechee. Their destinations are preprogrammed. They are easy to operate, but impossible to control. Some came back with discoveries which made their intrepid pilots rich; others returned with their remains barely identifiable. It was the ultimate game of Russian roulette, but in this resource-starved future... Frederik Pohl
I won't close down a business of subnormal profitability merely to add a fraction of a point to our corporate returns. I also feel it inappropriate for even an exceptionally profitable company to fund an operation once it appears to have unending losses in prospect. Adam Smith would disagree with my first proposition and Karl Marx would disagree with my second; the middle ground is the only position that leaves me comfortable. Warren Buffett
Isaac Asimov quote: "It was obvious that bigotry was never a one-way operation,..."
It was obvious that bigotry was never a one-way operation, that hatred bred hatred! Isaac Asimov
Terry Prachett quote: "Cats will amusingly tolerate humans only until someone comes..."
Cats will amusingly tolerate humans only until someone comes up with a tin opener that can be operated with a paw. Terry Prachett
Ariel Durant quote: "We must operate with partial knowledge, and be provisionally..."
We must operate with partial knowledge, and be provisionally content with probabilities. Ariel Durant
I was hoping that Neville would assist me with the first stage of the operation,” he said, “and I am sure he will perform it admirably. J. K. Rowling

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