Community Levar Burton Quotes & Sayings

If we are to achieve things never before accomplished we must employ methods never before attempted — Francis Bacon

If you think you're in shape, try boxing. You'll discover that you are not. It's the most physically challenging thing I've ever attempted, but I love it and I want to keep up some of the training. — Seth Numrich

There never were, in the world, two opinions alike, no more than two hairs, or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity. — Michel De Montaigne

Rudyard Kipling, in his famous poetic description of what makes for mature and effective adulthood, wrote in part: If you can keep your head When all about you Are losing theirs And blaming it on you... If you can trust yourself When all men doubt you... This famous 1909 poem "If" was inspired in Kipling after observing one military leader's actions during the Boer Wars (Lt. Colonel Eduardo Jany, personal communication, October, 2007). — Michael J. Asken

Creativity should include everything that makes one feel alive. — Marty Rubin

For the rest of the morning they worked quietly ad steadily, realizing that their contentment here at Uncle Monty's house did not erase their parents' death, not at all, but at least it made them feel better after feeling so sad, for so long. — Lemony Snicket

The greatest religions convert the world through stories. — Ben Okri

If you have a line of business - I know this as a CEO - or if you have a teenager - I know this as a parent - who have a spending problem, what do you do? You quit giving them money. — Carly Fiorina