Avory Block Quotes & Sayings

Music, I say, the most divine striker of the senses ... — Philip Sidney

It's funny: when you're tranquil, you will seem to radiate light, and if someone were to paint a portrait of you like that, I'd insist that they include the halo. But when you're unhappy, you will become a klaxon, built for radiating sound; a portrait of you then could simply be a fire alarm bell. — Ted Chiang

A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness. — Stendhal

I reject the idea that when young women make choices with which we disagree, they are acting without autonomy. — Roxane Gay

Just imagine for a day that you do not know anything, that what you believe could be completely false. Let go of your preconceptions and even your most cherished beliefs. Experiment. Force yourself to hold the opposite opinion or see the world through your enemy's eyes. Listen to the people around you with more attentiveness. See everything as a source for education - even the most banal encounters. Imagine that the world is still full of mystery. — Robert Greene

If I can get somewhere, I'm all right. If not, I'm miserable. — Joseph Brodsky

There is no buzz like performing for a live audience. — Jack Wild

There is no shame in ignorance and failing; there is only shame in not being willing to learn and repeating the same errors over again. — John Kramer

What they discovered was that not only fish, but spiders and many insects can taste their food by the structures that are most likely to first come in contact with the food. And this in many invertebrate species turns out to be the feet. — Karen Shanor

Teenage dreams so hard to beat — John Peel

There are certainly laws and elements that make a film more accessible to mainstream audiences. If you've got Tom Cruise as a strongman, I'm sure it would have larger audiences, but it wouldn't have the same substance. — Werner Herzog

The pattern [of the crisis of the deeper life] seems to be self-centeredness, self-effort, increasing inner dissatisfaction and outer discouragement, a temptation to give it all up because there is no better way, and then finding the Spirit of God to be their strength, their guide, their confidence and companion--in a word, their life. — V. Raymond Edman

I don't ever feel like the cool kid at the party, ever. It's like, 'Smile and be nice to everybody, because you were not invited to be here.' — Taylor Swift

Stem cells are probably going to be extremely useful. — Joseph Murray