Biesemeyer Quotes & Sayings

If I feel that I'm not able to do my best work - whether that's my own fault or as a result of an editorial situation - then I need to stop doing it. I would rather not do something than do it badly or ineffectively. It's the only way I can live with myself and do right by the fans in the long haul. — J. Michael Straczynski

We were playing popular music, but we were doing our own arrangements because we were too lazy to sit down and figure out the originals. — Tommy Shaw

My affection hath an unknown bottom, like the Bay of Portugal. — William Shakespeare

You're late,' he said.
'I'm beautiful.'
'You're always beautiful.'
'I'm always late too. — Derek Landy

How wrong people always were when they said: 'It's better to know the worst than go on not knowing either way.' No; they had it exactly the wrong way round. Tell me the truth, doctor, I'd sooner know. But only if the truth is what I want to hear. — Kingsley Amis

Writing is mainly perspiration, not inspiration. — Roald Dahl

The original settlers in Iceland were the nobles of Norway who left their native land to avoid the tyranny of Harold Fairhair, who tried to crush their power so as to make himself a despotic king in the land. — Sabine Baring-Gould

If you knew the world was ending, and you had the chance to stop it, would you?"
"Of course. [...] Why do you ask?"
"Oh," I said. "It's for a school project."
"That's interesting."
I shook my head. "Not really. Like I said: it's just a school thing."
Zooey turned toward me, giving me her undivided attention. "Not the question - the fact that you'd even need to ask. — Shaun David Hutchinson

No man can be everything. A successful long-distance cyclist can't be a bodybuilder. Though there are exceptions, dedicating one's time to becoming exceptional at one thing usually means not being exceptional at a whole lot of other things.
Since no man can be everything, one of the best gifts to give is acceptance-'You don't have to be anything other than what you are. — Gary Thomas

There is no greater name for a leader than mother or father. There is no leadership more important than parenthood. — Sheri L. Dew