Alika Ray Quotes & Sayings

Do not trouble about those who practice philosophy, whether they are good or bad; but examine the thing itself well and carefully. And if philosophy appears a bad thing to you, turn every man from it, not only your sons; but if it appears to you such as I think it to be, take courage, pursue it, and practice it, as the saying is, 'both you and your house. — Socrates

Ideas take root at the oddest moments. Some grow into novels, the weaker ones wither and die. — Pippa DaCosta

Columbia Business School even has a term for it now. They call it "honest overconfidence" and they have found that men on average rate their performance to be 30 percent better than it is. — Katty Kay

Puppet camp truly redefined my preconceptions of puppetry ... I'll never forget learning that before a puppet can speak ... he has to inhale. It's those details that make the characters truly come to life. — Rob McClure

It was the business that made Pop go away, not our inability to create. — Jeffrey Katzenberg

No mirror can highlight the beauty within you than your own eyes. No eyes can fairly judge your appearance than your own pride. — Gloria D. Gonsalves

Why can't I love him (a 2 yr old nephew) from afar? That's how I want to love him - through pictures and folklore. — Ray Romano

The lord of distant archery, Apollo,
answered:
Lord of earthquake, sound of mind
you could not call me if I strove with you
for the sake of mortals, poor things that they are.
Ephemeral as the flamelike budding leaves,
men flourish on the ripe wheat of the grainland,
then in spiritless age they waste and die. — Homer

Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood. — Mahatma Gandhi

How in the world could you ever imagine a life of faith that does not require risk? Faith and risk are inseparable. — Erwin McManus

Ooo la la! That kiss was fine, and it was full of all the words I didn't need to say. — Monica Drake

Like everyone else, you want to learn the way to win, but never to accept the way to lose - to accept defeat. To learn to die is to be liberated from it. So when tomorrow comes you must free your ambitious mind and learn the art of dying! — Bruce Lee

He kills people. Now I'm no expert, but doesn't that make you a bad person?"
Jamie glared at Nick. "You've killed a lot more people than he has. What does that make you?"
"Not a person," Nick murmured, not sounding particularly interested. "Surely you remember. — Sarah Rees Brennan