Bullaman Quotes & Sayings

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing. — E.L. Doctorow

Music is very similar to comedy: It's all about texture, timing, context, vocabulary, performance. When someone's onstage doing a solo, essentially it's the same thing as what a comedian does. They're in the moment. They're listening. — Reggie Watts

Communication is not saying something; communication is being heard, — Frances Hesselbein

The child cannot too early learn to be a good citizen? I think this is questionable: citizenship is an adult affair. Let school and home teach the child to respect the laws and institutions of his country. For the time being that should suffice. To use the juvenile novel or biography to turn the child into an internationalist or an advocate of racial tolerance may be high-minded, but I would suggest that the child first be allowed to turn into a boy or girl. Pious Little Rollo is dead; the Good Little Citizen is replacing him. The moralistic literature of the last century tried to produce small paragons of virtue. How about our urge to manufacture small paragons of social consciousness? — Clifton Fadiman

Difficulties show men what they are.
In case of any difficulty,
remember that God has pitted you
against a rough antagonist
that you may be a conqueror,
and this cannot be without toil. — Epictetus

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge. — William Hurt

I get it. The things you hope for the most are the things that destroy you in the end. — David Levithan

It was as close as I had ever come to having power over someone, and I equated it with love. — Jill Ciment

But it is useless to dwell on this period of my life. If I go on long enough calling that my life I'll end up by believing it. — Samuel Beckett

They can keep me out
'Til I tear the walls
'Til I save your heart
And to take your soul
For what has been done
Cannot be undone
In the evil's heart
In the evil's soul
Seven devils all around you
Seven devils in your house
See I was dead when I woke up this morning
I'll be dead before the day is done
Before the day is done — Florence Welch

Creative attention means really giving our attention to what does not exist. — Simone Weil

He's said he doesn't love him, said that he never will. The truth is he already does. — Leta Blake

We don't become gods because we think we are gods. That is only a sign of ego. We become gods when we realise that a part of the universal divinity lives within us; when we understand our role in this great world and when we strive to fulfil that role. That makes you a God. And remember, gods don't fail. You cannot fail. — Amish Tripathi

Security doesn't rob ambition; the illusion of security robs ambition. — Jay Samit