Convocation Memories Quotes & Sayings

But at some point you have to just decide that if a bear's going to eat you, a bear's going to eat you, and then you go about your day. — Stephen Graham Jones

People don't actually stay still, you know - when their area is a disaster, they go somewhere else, right? And that's just a natural human impulse. — Paolo Bacigalupi

When you get a range expansion, the market is sending you a very loud, clear signal that the market is getting ready to move in the direction of that expansion. — Paul Tudor Jones

It is ordinarily said that criminal law is designed to protect property and to protect persons, and if society's only interest in controlling sex behavior were to protect persons, then the criminal codes concerned with assault and battery should provide adequate protection. The fact that there is a body of sex laws which is apart from the laws protecting persons is evidence of their distinct function, namely that of protecting custom. — Alfred Kinsey

I think you have to keep a childlike quality to play music or make a record. — Beck

Our faith is built in the dark, in the valleys, and during the back-breaking battles in life. — Dana Arcuri

A hypothesis or theory is clear, decisive, and positive, but it is believed by no one but the man who created it. Experimental findings, on the other hand, are messy, inexact things, which are believed by everyone except the man who did that work. — Harlow Shapley

I'm not a great fan of monarchy in general, but I have to say the Danish monarchy is closer to the people; it's not as stuffy as the English one. — Viggo Mortensen

One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Fashion is intoxicating, and it plays a part in all of our everyday lives. A lot of people use it as a form of escape, of realising a fantasy, and in some ways that becomes an unobtainable norm. — Erin O'Connor

So, obviously, autism - which is the key in this - is a very big problem. We need more studies about it. We certainly have to try to figure out what causes it and why and do something about it. But to tab it to vaccines, I think, is a real mistake. Not only is there no evidence, but what it leads to is larger numbers of unvaccinated children. And that's not only a problem for polio. It's a problem for a wide range of vaccine-preventable diseases. — David Oshinsky

I had no illusions about my role. Prince Charming with a price tag. I was the fantasy lover and like all fantasies, I vanished before dawn. — Jane Harvey-Berrick

It's rare to work on a series without a writer. If you have a question about a line, then phone calls have to be made. — Rebecca Mader

The soul is a magician. Only living flesh hampers it. — Tanith Lee