8241 Foothill Quotes & Sayings

Fear of failure is the reason most often cited to explain why so many aspiring writers never realize their dreams. But I think it's that same fear of failure that absolutely invigorates those who do push through-that is, the fear of not being heard. — Betsy Lerner

Why is it that whenever anyone says something offensive, they always add 'no offense' after it? — Michelle Hodkin

Yes, go on. Leave. You're always coming and going. The rest of us are stuck here. Do you think he'd still love you if he knew who you are? He doesn't really care - only when it suits him. — Libba Bray

Happiness does not mean that everything works out. Usually nothing works out, but you get a kick out of it anyway. — Frederick Lenz

A little bit of suspicion is a dangerous thing; a drop from a pipette of poison into a bucket of otherwise clean water. — Bella Pollen

Surrealism was necessary - essential, even - in the 1920s to bridge the gap between rationalism and the subconscious. It started something important. But by the early '60s, it had become petit-bourgeois; it was too intellectual and romantic, and had ground to a halt. It had become respectable. — Alejandro Jodorowsky

There is a general kind of praying which fails for lack of precision. It is as if a regiment of soldiers should all fire off their guns anywhere. Possibly somebody would be killed, but the majority of the enemy would be missed. — Charles Spurgeon

Magnus thought but did not say, Yes, because there were times when I was as desperate as you, and as miserable, and as convinced that I had no soul. People had helped him when he'd needed it, because he had needed it and for no other reason. He remembered the Silent Brothers coming for him in Madrid, and teaching him that there was still a way to live. — Cassandra Clare

I just want to be humble at all times. — Mike Tyson

I've always feared she would find completion without me, and I'd be around, stupid and unperfected, forever. — Ann Brashares

I only went along to youth theatre with a friend when I was young to try to make myself a bit more sociable. But the whole thing was quite sore; it really hurt me trying to get into drama school. It was a world I knew nothing about - it was very middle class; all that usual stuff. But I was young, determined, and I just went for it. — Anne-Marie Duff

Addressing a golf ball would seem to be a simple matter; that is, to the uninitiated who cannot appreciate that a golf ball can hold more terrors than a spacious auditorium packed with people. — Bobby Jones

I wish you'd find the exit out of my head. — Sylvia Plath