Barbagian Quotes & Sayings

I learned to focus my energy on high-quality, long-term projects rather than lower-quality projects with quicker payoffs. — Steven Pinker

From being in the industry as a teenager, I'm so used to getting makeup done all day. — Lil' Kim

May you find grace to be great. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I knew it!" she said, glaring at me. "You're in league with the devil." "Duh. I'm affianced to him. Or, well, his son. I guess that makes me 'in league' with him, but you can't judge people by their in-laws. In-laws are all crazy. Everyone knows that. — Darynda Jones

The arts shows that you're civilized, and it makes life sweet. So you can exist and you can buy more things and you can be more - we're dealing with a form of commercialism that obscures a prior relationship to quality, and it's a national problem. — Wynton Marsalis

Couples often live out years of falsehood trying to protect and save a relationship, all the while destroying any chance of real relationship. — Henry Cloud

You must learn to walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness; then the light will appear and show the way before you. — Harold B. Lee

Victory is the most important aspect in Iraq, because victory in Iraq will help us have victory in the War on Terror. — Andrew Card

It is almost as if ideas set in mathematical form melt and become liquid and just as rivers can, from the most humble beginnings, flow for thousands of miles, through the most varied topography bringing nourishment and life with them wherever they go, so too can ideas cast in mathematical form flow far from their original sources, along well-defined paths, electrifying and dramatically affecting much of what they touch. pp. xii - xiii. — G. Arnell Williams

Are you saying that the assistant had the answers all along, he just wasn't telling anyone? — Jim Valvano

It's sad that in a world of billions, people can still feel isolated and alone. Sometimes all it takes to brighten up someone's day is a smile or kind word, or the generous actions of a complete stranger. Small things, the tiny details, these are the things that matter in life - the little glint in the eye, curve of a lip, nod of a head, wave of a hand - such minuscule movements have huge ripple effects. — Shaun Hick

I'd lived in Portland on and off for a decade before I'd even heard of Vanport. It was this town of 20,000 people that washed away from north Portland. — Chelsea Cain

I usually make sure that my stories are from Africa or my own background so as to highlight the cultural background at the same time as telling the story. — Buchi Emecheta

We're teachers, and we have a commitment." "Commitment to what-to live and die in this hellhole, when we can leave and live like other people? — Ulysses S. Grant

You'll get more support on a hard, important, project than a derivative one. — Sam Altman