Quotes & Sayings About Being Independent And Working Hard

The sole fact of having a school to train creative people is absolute lunacy ... The idea of 'pedagogical vision' is ignoble, it has nothing to do with art, it's contrary to art. I really believe in teaching, despite what I say. — Christian Boltanski

I think that if you take somebody out of their comfort zone, they're going to dislike people because they're not liking themselves in a situation. — Tamsin Greig

Eternity looks grander and kinder if time grow meaner and more hostile. — Thomas Carlyle

Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community. — Stephen Gardiner

Writing a NYT bestseller was a delightful experience. But there are many books which are read by few that should be read and reread by many, as well as books bought by many that are hardly worth the ink. — Ron Brackin

I fall in love with everything I also hate everything. It's very hard to be a misanthrope and a romantic. — Marilyn Manson

I spilled some vodka on the carpet, and I vacuumed it up, and the vacuum got drunk. I had to take the Hoover to detox. — Mitch Hedberg

I think there's only one [thing] that anybody teaches, and this is character. And I think that whether you are teaching history, math, or biology, or music, what you are really doing is, you are helping to shape the character of that person who is your student ... Music is such a wonderful teaching tool, because while you are developing musical skills, that student can learn a lot about discipline [and] cooperation. — Rich Mullins

Do not be afraid of death. Be afraid of the half-lived life! — Laird Hamilton

If we could be freed from our aversion to loss, our whole outlook on risk would change. — Alan Hirsch

Germany has become a country that many people abroad associate with hope. — Angela Merkel