Bollenbach Senior Quotes & Sayings

In order for answers to become clear, the questions have to be clear. — Abdolkarim Soroush

Where is it that I've read that someone condemned to death says or thinks, an hour before his death, that if he had to live on some high rock, on such a narrow ledge that he'd only got room to stand, with the ocean, everlasting darkness, everlasting solitude, everlasting tempest around him, if he had to remain standing on a square yard of space all his life, a thousand years, eternity, it were better to live like that than to die at once! Only to live, to live and live! — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Some people read to confirm their own hopelessness. Others read to be rescued from it. — Anais Nin

The problem is that while some incentives are obvious, many aren't. And simply asking people what they want or need doesn't necessarily work. Let's face it: human beings aren't the most candid animals on the planet. We'll often say one thing and do another - or, more precisely, we'll say what we think other people want to hear and then, in private, do what we want. In economics, these are known as declared preferences and revealed preferences, and there is often a hefty gap between the two. — Anonymous

I don't have as tight a time limit anymore but I still write in long marathon sessions and then I won't write for a while, I'm not a write-every-day writer. — Erin Morgenstern

The writing process, it's too mysterious to try and describe. — Mick Jones

I did this TV show, which was my first job ever. It wasn't a real acting part. It was like this promo for this sitcom and the main actress was meeting three different real people and then she was going to decide who was going to be on the episode. — Seann William Scott

Emotions embarassed her except when she sang. My dad said that was exactly why she sang. — Sarah Winman

When I started out, people were afraid of parish priests. Now they're afraid of newspaper editors. — Michael D. Higgins

I'm not the same person as the character I do in my songs. She's crazy! The 'Daddy Song' was the first sketch I ever wrote, especially on the guitar and everything - and definitely the most offensive. And absurd. — Carly Craig

Artists make things so much easier for themselves when they learn to trust their eyes. — Mary Beth McKenzie

And they were also slightly less intelligent than he was. This is a quality you should always pray for in your would-be murderer. — Terry Pratchett

It is in the world of things and places, times and troubles and turbid
processes, that mathematics is not so much applied as illustrated. — David Berlinski

You intoxicate me, Miss Steele, and you calm me. Such a heady combination. — E.L. James

I came "here" to get "there." Do I have any fucking clue what "there" is? Hell the fuck no. I'm just trying to live in a world of the dead. — Robert Kirkman