Calmense Quotes & Sayings

An idea is a gift, a finished project is turning that gift into a book by making yourself write even when you don't want to. There is no such thing as a block of time to write. You have to carve time from a busy day. Elaine L. Orr — Elaine Orr

An hour in her presence, and he was ready to hit his knees, submit to her every whim. — Kelly Moran

The worst of times in San Francisco was still better than the best of times anywhere else. — Armistead Maupin

There was no doubt in my mind that the man next to me was the same one who had been in my visions for the last six years. He was real, and he was at Luke's buying a whiskey? I almost felt cheated. For so long, I wondered what this vision was all about, feeling that it held some deeper meaning I would someday grasp. Yet, here I was at some seedy bar and the man in my dreams shows up and orders a whiskey. Now what? Save him from dying of inebriation? — L.J. Kentowski

Everything that exists is created first in the imagination, and secondly in reality, through activity. — Paul McCabe

During the past two centuries, innovation has more than doubled our life span and given us cheap energy and more food. If we project what the world will be like 10 years from now without continuing innovation in health, energy or food, the picture is dark. — Bill Gates

The exercise of imagination is dangerous to those who profit from the way things are because it has the power to show that the way things are is not permanent, not universal, not necessary. Having that real though limited power to put established institutions into question, imaginative literature has also the responsibility of power. The storyteller is the truthteller. — Ursula K. Le Guin

You too have weapons. — Franz Kafka

Life is good. Yes, it's great. — Rick Springfield

In the hierarchy, the artist faces outward. Meeting someone new he asks himself, What can this person do for me? How can this person advance my standing? In the hierarchy, the artist looks up and looks down. The one place he can't look is that place he must: within. — Steven Pressfield

I figured out that there are occasions where you have to get pumped up and take charge, situations where you have to have fun and situations where you need to settle down. — Chase Utley

In 2010, I had been playing guitar for 50 years. — Lee Ritenour