Adegboyega Austen Peters Quotes & Sayings

We were good reformers, but we weren't good enough. We elected a candidate and then, busy with our own affairs, we left him hanging in mid-air. Reformers are such part-time pillars of society! — Margaret Case Harriman

Art should be waged like war. — Mark Boyle

Beauty alters the grain of reality. — Donna Tartt

The only reason I made a commercial for American Express was to pay for my American Express bill. — Peter Ustinov

Creativity is a renewable resource. Challenge yourself every day. Be as creative as you like, as often as you want, because you can never run out. Experience and curiosity drive us to make unexpected, offbeat connections. It is these nonlinear steps that often lead to the greatest work. — Biz Stone

We do it, Jackson, because compassion must be louder than pride. — Victoria Schwab

Green grass breaks through snow,
Artemis pleads for my help,
I am so cool. — Rick Riordan

The key to wealth is to learn how to make money while you sleep — J. Paul Getty

Everyone was doing that in their own way, rejecting things and moving on. It's just a part of discovering who you are; it's nothing special. — David Byrne

I was a journalism major, and I would take creative writing classes as part of that, but I would also look for opportunities to write stories for some of my other classes. So for my course in Scandinavian history, I asked if I could write historical fiction instead of term papers. Sometimes they'd say yes. — George R R Martin

We Orientals tend to seek our satisfactions in whatever surroundings we happen to find ourselves, to content ourselves with things as they are; and so darkness causes us no discontent, we resign ourselves to it as inevitable. If light is scarce, then light is scarce; we will immerse ourselves in the darkness and there discover its own particular beauty. But the progressive Westerner is determined always to better his lot. From candle to oil lamp, oil lamp to gaslight, gaslight to electric light - his quest for a brighter light never ceases, he spares no pains to eradicate even the minutest shadow. — Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

Consider what you want to do in relation to what you are capable of doing. Climbing is, above all, a matter of integrity. — Gaston Rebuffat