Adrianne Hemenway Quotes & Sayings

Nervousness is caused by wanting two opposing things at the same time, one consciously and the other subconsciously. The battle is resolved when you make the subconscious desire conscious. On the other hand, if you know what you are, there will be no conflicts. You can do that through seeking. It is not necessary to understand the negative. It is far better to be positive. Be Your Self. — Lester Levenson

That evil was a nameless evil, an evil whose name was Gnag the Nameless. — Andrew Peterson

My friends sometimes used to ignore me completely, and that would really upset me badly. — Kate Bush

Secrets, power. It's all a metaphor. — Joe Abercrombie

It was Dietrich Bonhoeffer who more than anybody else realized that nothing less than a return to the Christian faith could save Germany. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

When someone dies, it's good to mail a note. Don't send an e-mail. You have to send a card. Everyone should have cards and stamps kicking around. I have some very simple stationery, just nice card stock with my name at the top. When the news is happy, e-mail is fine. You can e-mail congratulations about babies, weddings, anything. But when it's not? If it's a death or other bad news, you have to be more formal. — Tim Gunn

A man should be rugged like Steve McQueen; the way he stands, like he's ready for something. Or he should be a man of the world like Dean Martin. — Maureen McCormick

There's nothing I believe in more strongly than getting young people interested in science and engineering, for a better tomorrow, for all humankind. — Bill Nye

There is something human about the way people react to and identify with suffering. There's a lot more empathy in the world than we perhaps realize. — Edwidge Danticat

One day I hoped some thoughtful historian would point out the close connection between the Mercedes-Benz motor car and Germany's favorite dictator and that the Lord would find a way to pay these bastards back for their help in bringing the Nazis to power and keeping them there. — Philip Kerr

Your inspiration taps hidden reserves of promise that sustain people through times that induce despair. You enable people to envision a future that sustains the best from their past while also holding out new possibilities. — Ronald A. Heifetz

That's how inside jokes usually are. Funny to those inside, annoying as shit to the rest of the world. — Siobhan Vivian

Never trust anyone without a book. — Lemony Snicket

There is a saying in China that the nature of man is found there, in the center, where emotions are not yet manifest. In this center is the potentiality of everything to come. — Richard Wilhelm

His features, which would later settle into pleasant collaboration, was growing at different rates, giving him a curious face that seemed designed by committee. — Laura Hillenbrand