478 Quotes by Pat Conroy

Every industry will be transformed by this demographic shift. In addition to retailers, companies in business sectors such as consumer products, healthcare, real estate, technology, financial services, and travel and leisure will find that aging consumers present tremendous challenges -- and tremendous opportunities.

Losing prepares you for the heartbreak, setback, and the tragedy that you will encounter in the world more than winning ever can. By licking your wounds you learn how to avoid getting wounded the next time.

Due to strong consumer acceptance of new products, growth for TV and appliance retailers in 2005 was the healthiest of any home furnishings sector. Now that the tax refund cycle is in full swing, retailers in this segment might be well served to monitor inventory levels more efficiently to be sure that the supply is keeping up with demand.

Humanity is best described as inhumanity.

This place means a lot to me. But make no mistake, I am a basketball coach. And I would not come back if I wasn't absolutely convinced that we can win.

I have not talked to Warren or his parents yet. I don't know all the facts there. I'm sure over the next week we'll dive into that and find out where he is in the Corps and academically, and from there make the best decision for everybody.

Her library would have been valuable to a bibliophile except she treated her books execrably. I would rarely open a volume that she had not desecrated by underlining her favorite sections with a ball-point pen. Once I had told her that I would rather see a museum bombed than a book underlined, but she dismissed my argument as mere sentimentality. She marked her books so that stunning images and ideas would not be lost to her.

I really don't know what to say about Coach Robinson, except that I will come every day with as much pride and passion as I can to repay him.

In Charleston, more than elsewhere, you get the feeling that the twentieth century is a vast, unconscionable mistake.