Future Spot Price

Famous quotes containing the words future, spot and/or price:

“At sixty, I would like to give my future back its vistas of uncertainty.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

“One of the most difficult aspects of being a parent during the middle years is feeling powerless to protect our children from hurt. However “growthful” it may be for them to experience failure, disappointment and rejection, it is nearly impossible to maintain an intellectual perspective when our sobbing child or rageful child comes in to us for help. . . . We can’t turn the hurt around by kissing the sore spot to make it better. We are no longer the all-powerful parent.”
—Ruth Davidson Bell (20th century)

“How long most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it?”
—John Ruskin (1819–1900)