Batterham Matthews Quotes & Sayings

I was told many times that my writing was either too Korean - or not Korean enough. — Min Jin Lee

It is possible that a wise and good man may be prevailed on to game; but it is impossible that a professed gamester should be a wise and good man. — Johann Kaspar Lavater

What does it mean for a painter to paint in the manner of So-and-So or to actually imitate someone else? What's wrong with that? On the contrary, it's a good idea. You should constantly try to paint like someone else. But the thing is, you can't! You would like to. You try. But it turns out to be a botch ... And it's at the very moment you make a botch of it that you're yourself. — Pablo Picasso

I never fully understand all the drama and machinations within the Eagles. — J. D. Souther

It's a good thing that it is getting simpler to register a company in China, it is good that the exchange rate of our currency is getting more flexible and that it's getting easier for Chinese businesspeople to travel. All of this opens up our economy. — Zhang Xin

I learned the hard way not to open my heart to a stranger, knowing that it only leads to heartbreak, tears, and weight gain". — Gina Gershon

I definitely miss the rush from wiping out an opponent. — Bruce Pandolfini

Here is a fundamental conflict in educated society: We are not supposed to value beauty so highly, and yet who can defend against its sheer power to move, its rhetorical force? — Russell Smith

Transferring my anger and pain onto paper turns it into something tangible, something that can be shredded or burned, or at the very least, sealed shut in a box. ~Call Me Tuesday — Leigh Byrne

In the year 2000, wars caused the deaths of 310,000 individuals, and violent crime killed another 520,000. Each and every victim is a world destroyed, a family ruined, friends and relatives scarred for life. Yet from a macro perspective these 830,000 victims comprised only 1.5 per cent of the 56 million people who died in 2000. That year 1.26 million people died in car accidents (2.25 per cent of total mortality) and 815,000 people committed suicide (1.45 per cent).4 — Yuval Noah Harari

There are no dumb male questions. There are dumb males, but not dumb male questions. — Brooke Shields

The power of love is the best medicine a person can get. — Marie Landry