″‘Do you have any idea what it takes to find quiet stone?’ said Doter in her round, loud voice. ‘Quiet stone - the linder that sleeps, that is good and sound, has fissures in just the right places, but not too many.‘”
“One reason so many employees are incompetent is that the skills required to get a job often have nothing to do with what is required to do the job itself. ”
“That night the De Sotos lay awake worrying. ‘Should we let him in tomorrow?’ Mrs. De Soto wondered.
‘Once I start a job,’ said the dentist firmly, ‘I finish it. My father was the same way.’ “