Alcayaga Quotes & Sayings

I cannot face the idea of life without work. What would one do when ideas failed or words refused to come? It is impossible not to shudder at the thought. — Sigmund Freud

After everything, what we have left is not what we make to have a living but what we make out of living. — Joanne Crisner Alcayaga

I would, therefore, say that for no reason whatsoever, except in self-defence, should one think of killing any animal. — Morarji Desai

Life is a mere reflection of how you see it. — Joanne Crisner Alcayaga

It's not that I haven't had a good life. It's that I hadn't allowed myself to live a great one.
- from the essay Dear Someone, Amazed. — Joanne Crisner Alcayaga

Time can be misconstrued in so many ways, but its importance should never be underestimated. It is with this that I decided to not chase after time but to silently, gently, deliberately make it count. One day at a time ...
... We have to creatively use time to make a moment that matters. Every single day.
Joanne Crisner Alcayaga, Amazed — Joanne Crisner Alcayaga

Love always turns out to be worth everything. — Joanne Crisner Alcayaga

No matter how harsh or negative your thoughts are, there is always a right way of saying them. — Joanne Crisner Alcayaga

The minute you think you have the right to belittle others because you think you're better than them is the same minute you've proven you're worse. — Joanne Crisner Alcayaga

Sometimes, the intent is good enough when the action seems impossible. — Joanne Crisner Alcayaga

The reason I am so popular is that I give others back what they need to find in themselves. You need me not because I tell you what I want you to do but because I articulate and justify what you want to do. — Azar Nafisi

It's such a wonder how people can diminish the worth of your relationship. — Joanne Crisner Alcayaga

The more time goes on, the closer I am to the ground. I've been exposed to so many issues and people living under different pressures. It's helped me realize that a lot of glamorous things that people prioritize really don't matter. — Queen Rania Of Jordan

Climb up the ladder one step at a time, moving gracefully to the rhythm of your own heart.
- from the essay, On The Side of Time, Amazed. — Joanne Crisner Alcayaga

Whatever hurt you felt is not an excuse to inflict the same on others. — Joanne Crisner Alcayaga

Ultimately, who you are as a person will define who you are as a professional. — Joanne Crisner Alcayaga

Olivia?"
"Yeah?"
"If I make this shot, will you go out with me?"
"Yeah. Yeah, I will. — Tarryn Fisher

Law is a process. If there is equality of process for everybody, then that's our definition of justice. Whether or not what is done is right or wrong, you follow the process. And so, the end result is just by definition within that alternative universe that is American law. Most people still operate within a moral universe where principles of good and bad and what is right and wrong in itself, and not just as a result of the process. — Francis George

Red protects itself. No colour is as territorial. It stakes a claim, is on the alert against the spectrum. — Derek Jarman

The acomodador: Because according to the story we are told, there always comes a moment in our lives when we reach "our limit" ... there is always an event in our lives that is responsible for us failing to progress — Paulo Coelho

I think back to the Modern Family pilot when we didn't know that Julie Bowen had a spotty party girl past, but that's something that we layered in, throughout the first season. That's just part of the fun of series television. You get to discover these things. — Jason Winer

Giving up also takes courage. — Joanne Crisner Alcayaga