42141 Quotes & Sayings

I would far rather have two or three lilies of the valley gathered for me by a person I like, than the most expensive bouquet that could be bought! — Elizabeth Gaskell

That was pretty hot." She snapped her little light down. "Next time, get a room, okay? — C.D. Reiss

The Austin music scene is the reason why so many of them moved here. — Bob Livingston

Good design is a matter of discipline. It starts by looking at the problem and collecting all the available information about it. If you understand the problem, you have the solution. It's really more about logic than imagination. — Massimo Vignelli

Lack of opportunity breeds dreams of escape. But professionals and managers who have invested in their careers do not leave the work force as frequently as discouraged workers in lower status occupations. Instead, they keep working, but they escape emotionally by defining achievement in professional, not company, terms ... Thus, the potential for being stuck as career uncertainty grows takes its toll in weakening attachment to any particular employer. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter

According to Ehrenberg, depression spreads when the commandments and prohibitions of disciplinary society yield to self-responsibility and initiative. In reality, it is not the excess of responsibility and initiative that makes one sick, but the imperative to achieve: the new commandment of late-modern labor society. — Byung-Chul Han

Now there is living to give instead of to get. As you concentrate on the giving, you discover that just as you cannot receive without giving, so neither can you give without receiving - even the most wonderful things like health and happiness and inner peace. There is a feeling of endless energy, it just never runs out, it seems to be as endless as air. You seem to be plugged in to the source of universal energy. — Peace Pilgrim

Science fiction is trying to find alternative ways of looking at realities. — Iain Banks

Creativity is born of chaos, even if it is somewhat difficult to glimpse the possibilities in the midst of the confusion. — Charles Handy

He leaned toward me and said his name like he was sharing a secret and it made me think he probably kept a lot of secrets. His smile was sweet and his teeth the tiniest bit crooked. — Laura Anderson Kurk

If they became possessive and demanded exclusive attention, he disappeared completely, filling them with great misery and longing. They realized that bliss comes when love is shared with all. — Devdutt Pattanaik

One of the hardest parts of writing is writing from the gut or the heart or something like that rather than intellectually. — George R R Martin

Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw. — Fran Lebowitz

If this bloke's a Test match bowler, then my backside is a fire engine — David Lloyd

I quite like childlike songs, which sometimes cross over. — Alan Price