25 Quotes by Paule Marshall

And in a way, this was how he had come to see his death, as a series of small ones taking place over the course of his life and leading finally to the main event, which would be so anti-climatic, so undramatic (a sudden violent seizure in his long abused heart, a quick massive flooding of the brain) it would go unnoticed. It was the small deaths occurring over an entire lifetime that took the greater toll.

We started getting a lot of guys involved and more touches and we scored goals, but just not enough to overcome giving up 18.

Many small companies simply don't want to get bigger. We did a case study on one company in which the owner had a chance to buy out a competitor and decided against it. He told me, 'I'd rather pack my kids' lunch and walk them to school.' He just felt his life was a lot better if he stayed small.

One-and-a-half to two weeks above the normal summer maximum is all we need and widespread bleaching is going to occur.

None of us wants to deny anybody the ability to read.

He's a great guy and very dependable. He's a good chef, and he knows quality and at our company, we only hire the big guns.

We're not sure right now exactly where IM fits in our freight business, but we're adopting it because IM offers yet another channel through which our customers can access Yellow Freight. That's a good thing.

Sometimes a person has to go back, really back -- to have a sense, an understanding of all that's gone to make them -- before they can go forward.

You're going to be gone so maybe you aren't the right one to talk to.