Akai Gurley Quotes & Sayings

Good fortune and talent are both ingredients of success, but like any recipe, they can be substituted with clever alternatives. The one irreplaceable ingredient I've found, however, is work. — Shane Snow

It's my crusade to help women feel good about themselves. — Drew Barrymore

... his light to my dark. His truth to my lies. His sacrifices to my selfishness. — Jessica Shirvington

Tune as the sitthar, neither high nor low, and we will dance away the hearts of men. — Gautama Buddha

I don't yell back at my mother. When I'm angry or scared or upset, I don't yell. I stay quiet. I've seen how she is, how she would get with Kent and with me and with other people, life if someone at the pharmacy got in the wrong line or asked too long a question, or if someone on the bus accidentally bumped her. I've watched her my whole life, the way people react to her. It doesn't actually help you get what you want, yelling and being like that. It only makes people think bad of you. — Sara Zarr

Yeah, because we really need a bit more fear in our lives — J.K. Rowling

Art is doing. Art deals directly with life. — Ruth Asawa

We need to reshape our own perception of how we view ourselves. We have to step up as women and take the lead. — Beyonce Knowles

But the trouble with falling in love was that it was involuntary, no matter how well you knew it was a bad idea, if it was going to happen, it happened, and you couldn't prevent it, however much you wanted to. — Katie Fforde

I like Bach. I like Randy Newman. — David Mamet

Books never pall on me. They discourse with us, they take counsel with us, and are united to us by a certain living chatty familiarity. And not only does each book inspire the sense that it belongs to its readers, but it also suggests the name of others, and one begets the desire of the other. — Petrarch

There is nothing in the universe but matter. — Ken Wilber