Amparo Davila Quotes & Sayings

You've got to have an imagination to make it to the stars. The sort of species that wouldn't invent science fiction, probably wouldn't even invent the wheel - — Eliezer Yudkowsky

One of the questions I face when working on a book about a historical event is whether I should visit the actual place that I'm writing about. No matter how scrupulously maintained a historic house or battlefield may be, it is nothing like it was in the long-ago past. — Nathaniel Philbrick

Those gifts are ever more precious which the giver has made precious. — Ovid

Every American may have equal access to ice cream, but there's no guarantee that the outcome of eating ice cream will be equal. — Dan Savage

Never underestimate the power of one well-timed compliment. It has the power to change a person's entire perspective on life. It has the potential to change a person's plotline for eternity. The right word at the right time can be the catalyst for someone else's miracle. — Mark Batterson

People say I am the king of painful shoes. I don't want to create painful shoes, but it is not my job to create something comfortable. I try to make high heels as comfortable as they can be, but my priority is design, beauty and sexiness. I'm not against them, but comfort is not my focus. — Christian Louboutin

When a marriage culture fails, sexual desire no longer unites; instead it fragments. — Maggie Gallagher