Branekan Quotes & Sayings

Leaders have the right to expect that others will compassionately recognize them. — William A. Adams

Life was full of surprises, with too many bruises and not enough Band-Aids. — Nikki Sixx

Everyone always talks about how well mothers know their children. No one ever seems to notice how well children know their mothers. — Lisa Unger

Changing our behavior purely for the sake of appearances may seem to conflict with the need to be authentic and consistent, but in many ways it is actually a result of those needs. After all, resolving the tension between standing out from the crowd and becoming isolated requires finding our niche in the world. But what would happen if we weren't accepted in the place where we felt we belonged? For others to see us as a "poseur" or as "delusional" would be painful. Even worse, what if they were right? The social consequences and self-doubt that follow when our self-perceptions conflict with how others see us can be just as destabilizing to our identity as conflicts between our own self-perceptions and actions. — Sheena Iyengar

Whatever an artist's personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area on the canvas or circumscribes it, he becomes historical. He acts from or upon other artists. — Willem De Kooning

You have to learn to work and search, not expect instantly to find. — Patsy Rodenburg

My doubts vanished as well. Doubt was for things that did not know their purpose, and I knew mine. — Jim Butcher

The appropriate response to terrorist crimes is police work, which has been successful worldwide. — Noam Chomsky

A place like this wears down everything, and tolerance is no exception. In here, coexistence passes for forgiveness. You do not learn to like something you abhor; you come to live with it ... You live and let live, and eventually that becomes enough. — Jodi Picoult

It's so acceptably easy for a woman not to strive too hard, not to be too adventure-crazed, not to take too many risks, not to enjoy sex with full candor ... It isn't seemly for a woman to have that much zest. — Diane Ackerman

My ultimate film role would be to play the queen of soul, Aretha Franklin. — Jennifer Hudson