Blueprinting Phoenix Quotes & Sayings

I have hired a bodyguard, on the recommendation of my friends and the government. It's outrageous, having to live like this. — Orhan Pamuk

It was easy not to think of my future; I didn't have one. — James Ellroy

She didn't need to be someone else. She needed to use her power to make the world a better place. — Aaron Starmer

Dust balls lined the steps. A half-eaten sandwich sat atop the landing where someone had felt too sad to finish it. — Jeffrey Eugenides

[I]t is certain that no subjects or citizens, when legally armed and kept in due order by their masters, ever did the least mischief to any state. . . . Rome remained free for four hundred years and Sparta eight hundred, although their citizens were armed all that time; but many other states that have been disarmed have lost their liberties in less than forty years.6 — Les Adams

Excellence does not come easy for quickly- An Excellent education does not, a successful mission does not, a strong, loving marriage does not, rewarding personal relationships do not. It is simply a truism that nothing very valuable can come without significant sacrifice, effort, and patience on our part. — Jeffery R. Holland

My idea of God is not a divine idea. It has to be shattered time after time. He shatters it Himself. — C.S. Lewis

I'm just living each day, and I'm better equipped to do so. I mean, I used to be totally afraid, I used to have, like, permanent stage fright. But now I'm trying to have fun. I'm trying to bring as much happiness to as many people as possible. — Rivers Cuomo

One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works then a lot of the magic turns mundane. — Laurell K. Hamilton

Blame nobody else, do not commit the mistake of the ignorant. — Swami Vivekananda