Bonney Quotes

Winners are losers who got back up.

My quality of life. And for me, quality of life is having the freedom to make choices that are not fear based.

What does success mean to you?' Those are moments when I feel like I’m contributing something but I’m also receiving something. Reciprocity feels like success. (Melissa Harris-Perry)

I used to say I admired women who never doubted themselves, who have no fear and could just kind of roar it out and do it. But I’ve changed my mind, because I actually don’t think that exists. I admire women who are open and vulnerable about the self-doubt that happens in the creative process and yet go forward and do it anyway. (Aarti Sequeira)

Success occurs when preparation meets opportunity.

Yoohooo....Ill make yer famous

I rely on six touch points to make myself feel whole: kids, love, business, health, travel, spirituality. If I touch them all each day, in varying intensities, I am successful.

What is your personal or professional motto? Let go or be dragged.

You have to stretch to grow. And surround yourself with not only talented people whom you can delegate to, but also with good souls. Without grace and kindness, your skills are unimportant to me.

It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

Which of your traits are you most proud of? I’m proudest of my resiliency. I have had a tough life and have been through a lot. And I am still standing. And in spite of all the odds, I have found success and happiness.

Name the biggest overall lesson you’ve learned in running a business. That it is a business before all else. Regardless of the type of business it is, you must treat it as a business first and foremost. Even if you are a creative person, the daily nuts and bolts are really about honing your business sense. Without that, it is very difficult to be profitable and thus have creative freedom. It is something I have battled since I started my business.

Turn your face to the sun and the shadows will fall behind you’,

But the human spirit is an amazing thing, and whenever I think I am completely empty, spent, I somehow manage to find a spark, something that steels my determination to go on, not to be broken but to fight to see the end of each day.

Forgiveness is far easier to grant than to grasp onto the hatred and bitterness

As she felt his fangs against her neck, she was in another world. There was screaming. A woman was somewhere in agony. Everything was black, and the tormented scream was overwhelming, echoing through the emptiness. After the screaming subsided, there was panting, loud and steady, and it wasn’t as dark anymore. There was a room visible now, in a reddish light. A pale man with black hair hovered over a woman dressed in white. She lay on a bed, looking disheveled and sweaty. Her brown-black hair clung to her wet forehead and shoulders. She was covered in blood. The man sat next to her, and held her close to him. He stroked her hair as her chest heaved desperately. “I love you, my dearest Katerina,” he said, cradling her in his strong arms. “Soon, we’ll be together forever.” Everything faded to black once more, and the woman stopped breathing. All was silent and still.

Oh, just a minute, Mrs. Carr. What department at Bonney’s does your husband work in?” “The Roman candle department.” It made me forget, for the moment, what I’d been leading up to. I said, “The Roman candle department! That’s a wonderful phrase; I love it. If I sell the paper, darned if I don’t look up Bonney the very next day. I’d love to work in the Roman candle department. Your husband is a lucky man.” “You’re

I'm not afraid to die like a man fighting,  but I would not like to be killed like a dog unarmed.” William H. Bonney (a.k.a. Billy the Kid)  March 1879

The lethal dose of honey bee venom in humans is around 19 stings per 2.2 pounds (1 kg) of body weight or about 1,300 stings for a 150-pound (68-kg) person.

The drone dies in the mating process: the wind pressure developed during his attempt to catch and mount the queen actually causes him to explode with an audible pop as he ejaculates inside her. He then falls off the queen, usually leaving a portion of his phallus inside her.

Unlike workers, drones are universally accepted into all colonies at almost any time.

Out of sight is out of mind. The closer your hives are to your residence the better. Beginners need colonies nearby so they can visit them often. Casual visits are important even if you don’t open the hives. You can learn much simply by observing the entrance.

For a time, she alternates sipping her coffee and staring out the window. “Bee-lee would have been the kind of father to spoil a child.” She smiles. “But it would have brought out the best in him.” “Just like you did,” I am bold to say. “He told me that himself.” Showing no surprise, she nods. “Yes, I know. He told me many times, and yet I knew it even before he realized it.” She shrugs her head to one side. “I know he had other girls. They all loved him. How could they not? But I knew what we had was the gift that God gives only once.

Bonney's last sentence in his final entry is indicative of the importance placed on returning home loaded with oil. Crew be damned, it was

From Bonney’s position it was as if a small fusion bomb had detonated above her, sending its billowing mushroom cloud hurtling downwards. “All this,” she cried disbelievingly, “for me?

Putting his umbrella away, and ignoring the fine Seattle mist, he opened his wallet and took out a small white envelope. On the front was the Chinese character for Lee-Ethel's last name for the last thirty seven-plus years. Inside had been a piece of hard candy and a quarter. The small envelopes were passed out as he left the Bonney-Watson Funeral Home, where Ethel's memorial service had been held. The candy was so that everyone leaving would taste sweetness-not bitter. The quarter was for buying more candy on the way home- a traditional token of lasting life and enduring happiness.

My best asset cannot be measured or copied or calculated—it’s my mojo. I always lay that on the table first.

but that’s what we do; we figure it out.

If you were given $100 million, would you run your business any differently? How so? I would hire many more really smart women to deliver in the areas of content, marketing, business development, and research. And I’d invite storytellers to come and share their work with us. Leaders have to nurture health and creativity!

Name the biggest overall lesson you’ve learned in running a business. Winners are losers who got back up. Full stop. If you want something, grab it. Get it. It’s yours, damn it.

personal experience and approached her business as an expert in the field. She

In moments of self-doubt or adversity, how do you build yourself back up? Self-care, which for me means taking walks alone, journaling, and doing yoga.

What was the best piece of business advice you were given when you were starting out? To take a business class.

What was the best piece of business advice you were given when you were starting out? To make sure to hire professionals to do the things you are not good at or knowledgeable about. The key takeaway was that you don’t have to be able to do everything on your own. Look to the experts when you need to.

Ave Maria Ave Maria! Maiden mild! Listen to a maiden's pleading from these rocks, stark and wild, my prayer shall be wafted to thee. we shall sleep safely till morning, though men be ever so cruel. o Maiden, see a maiden's distress, O Mother, hear a suppliant child. Ave Maria, undefiled! When we upon this rock lie down to slumber, and they protection covers us, The hard stone will seem soft to us. If Though smilest, the scent of roses will float Through this murky cavern, O Mother, hear a child's petition, O maiden, 'tis a maid that calls! Ave Maria, Maiden pure, the demons of the earth and air, drien forth by thy gracious glance cannot stay here with us. we will camly bow to fate Since they holy comfort hovers over us; Mayest though be favourably inclined to the maiden, To the child that pleads for her father!

Step 1: Figure out what is required. Step 2: Make it happen. (Matika Wilbur)

Contents Preface Acknowledgments PART I THE OCEAN 1. “The Building of Great Ships” 2. The Master of Badger's Island 3. The Wreck of the William Badger 4. The Town That Made Shoes 5. The Bonney Journal 6. The Bliss Journal 7. Deck Wallopers and

I don’t want to know who you sold your soul to, Bonney, but thank you for doin’ it.

you’ve made in starting or running your business? M: I don’t feel that I’ve made any sacrifices; just the opposite is true. I’m doing what I love and enjoy. I think I’ve been preparing to be this independent businesswoman all my life. I am very lucky to have supportive parents, who are also my role models.