Balaskas Quotes & Sayings

No one knew where I was, not a soul, and while I thought this was what I wanted, I realized, in the quiet of that room, that it was the scariest thing of all — Sarah Dessen

In a clutch or a corner, I tend to make a weapon out of what is near at hand. That can be anything from a crowbar to a cat, though if I had a choice, I would prefer an angry cat, which I have found to be more effective than a crowbar.

Although weaponless, I left the house by the back door, with two chocolate-pumpkin cookies. It's a tough world out there, and a man has to armor himself against it however he can. ~Odd Thomas — Dean Koontz

I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me. — Agatha Christie

Whatever you are aiming at in life, willpower is one of your most important resources. — Frank Martela

The gospel of miracle that we preach promotes death and encourages corruption. — Sunday Adelaja

It is much easier to die than to bear a life of misery with fortitude. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

All this, sadly enough, is truer of the more educated, higher-income, professional families. It is here that the competition is the greatest, the expectations most elevated. If the boy would be happier as a telephone linesman or a forest ranger, he is in a hopeless bind. His goals have been set for him by his milieu, and he cannot be his own man; so he simply refuses to play the game. He does not try. — Sydney J. Harris

I think what people watch television for is the emotional continuity, from episode to episode, and feeling that the experience that they had, four episodes ago, has actually been building to an episode that comes later, and knowing that the characters are growing, as a result of that, and making mistakes, is really, really important to the way people connect to television. — Alex Kurtzman

Like your tastebuds, desires and goals are ever-changing. What used to work, might not do it for you anymore. The question is: Do you have the guts to do something about it? — C. Nzingha Smith

Was it possible to fall so far from greatness? Was this, then, his destiny? — Stephanie Kuehn

Keep looking at the sun ... and the shadows will fall behind !!!!!!!!! — Anonymous

But i hate this date, and will always hate this day every year fromnow on whenever it comes around — David Nicholls

It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness. — Calvin Coolidge

Change will happen slowly, however, unless women refuse to submit to conventional practices and begin to trust their own bodies. — Janet Balaskas