Avanos Medical Quotes & Sayings

Sound is so important to creative writing. Think of the sounds you hear that you include and the similes you use to describe what things sound like. 'As she walked up the alley, her polyester workout pants sounded like windshield wipers swishing back and forth.' Cadence, onomatopoeia, the poetry of language are all so important. Learn all that you can about how to bring sound into your work. — Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Bollocks have never frightened me. I'll eat a bollock any time. — Germaine Greer

All I'm after is a few square metres to be myself. A space where I can continue to profess my creed: take the ball, give it to a team-mate, team-mate scores. It's called an assist and it's my way of spreading happiness. — Andrea Pirlo

It is hope that gives life meaning. And hope is based on the prospect of being able one day to turn the actual world into a possible one that looks better. — Francois Jacob

Far off in the red mangroves an alligator has heaved himself onto a hummock of grass and lies there, studying his poems. — Mary Oliver

Color makes no difference; the peeps are gray, the seals are black, and the crabs yellow; but we don't care, and are all friends. It is very unkind to treat you so. — Louisa May Alcott

You can change anything about yourself quite quickly. All you have to do is give up the belief system that says that it takes a long time to change. — Robert Anthony

If (Declan) Kidney had gone for religion instead of teaching, he would have been Pope. — George Hook

For every loss, there is a hidden gain. And for every gain, there is a hidden loss. — Hazrat Inayat Khan

[I]t wasn't so much the mistakes that people made but how flexible they were in their aftermath that made all the difference in how their lives turned out. — Naomi Jackson

I tried to figure out if I felt calmer with a blanket over my head. No I did not was the answer. — Jenny Offill

'Firefly' was and always will be such a positive thing for me. I hold a lot of really good memories associated to that show. — Jewel Staite

Yes, I am a pirate two hundred years too late. — Jimmy Buffett

The life and ventures of Mickey Mouse have been closely bound up with my own personal and professional life. — Walt Disney

I like acting for myself as a director. I act and I know that I'll have a chance to have some say in what gets used and that I'll be able to give myself enough takes and be on the same page as myself about how the scene should play. — Ben Affleck