Canzona Quotes & Sayings

How to read writers on writing: With respect, amusement, and skepticism. They will contradict one another-as they should-for each writer brings an individual history to the writing task. There is no single theology here. — Donald Murray

I wait on my fix:
I am a poetry junkie. — Charles Bukowski

Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words. — Mark Twain

And if I die? (Fang)
I'll know and I won't be happy. Remember, wolf, I'm one of the few beings who can follow you into the afterworld and seriously fuck you up there. Don't fail me. (Thorn) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Golf shows your character. — Victoria Brown

The great ideals of liberty and equality are preserved against the assaults of opportunism, the expediency of the passing hour, the erosion of small encroachments, the scorn and derision of those who have no patience with general principles. — Benjamin Cardozo

Stand on the stage in front of 15 people or 15,000. Have them look up to you and tell you how wonderful you are, and if you don't think that's a great feeling, okay, then you're unlike me. — Richie Sambora

Let's face it, we're all imperfect and we're going to fall short on occasion. But we must learn from failure and that will enable us to avoid repeating our mistakes. Through adversity, we learn, grow stronger, and become better people. — John Wooden

Although they like to call themselves journalists, that's a myth even they don't really believe anymore. They're mutts on short leashes. — Jon Rappoport

I always loved to paint. As a kid, I liked to dip my paintbrush in black ink. They gave colors to me to use, but I didn't like them very much. — Pierre Soulages

The mathematician is fascinated with the marvelous beauty of the forms he constructs, and in their beauty he finds everlasting truth. — George Bernard Shaw

Resilience, by its nature, energizes and motivates you and the people around you. Having this internal balance improves your ability to think more clearly, problem solve and make better decisions. — Cynthia Howard

A professor is one who can speak on any subject - for precisely fifty minutes. — Norbert Wiener

I was raised in the Baptist church ... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died. — T.D. Jakes