Danielle Ballentine Quotes & Sayings

Mind is a machine for jumping to conclusions — Daniel Kahneman

I think artists almost always end up turning to what's around them, what's in their environment or outside their window. — Susan Rothenberg

I have heard people say that the short story was one of the most difficult literary forms, and I've always tried to decide why people feel this way about what seems to me to be one of the most natural and fundamental ways of human expression. After all, you begin to hear and tell stories when you're a child, and there doesn't seem to be anything very complicated about it. I suspect that most of you have been telling stories all your lives, and yet here you sit - come to find out how to do it.
Then last week, after I had written down some of these serene thoughts to use here today, my calm was shattered when I was sent seven of your manuscripts to read.
After this experience, I found myself ready to admit, if not that the short story is one of the most difficult literary forms, at least that it is more difficult for some than for others. — Flannery O'Connor

You get to the point in life where you realize you have to roll up your sleeves, deal with the consequences of what happens, and carry your own weight. — Ernie Isley

I eat super healthy and I'm super fit. I dabble in every type of fitness. I have a trainer and I go to the gym. I do yoga as well. — Linda Evangelista

So this piece of dirt waits four and a half billion years and evolves and changes, and now a strange creature stands here with instruments and talks to the strange creatures in the audience. What a wonderful world! — Richard P. Feynman

The dog has been esteemed and loved by all the people on earth and he has deserved this affection for he renders services that have made him man's best friend. — Alfred Barbou

The fool is looking for happiness far away. The wise man makes it grow under his feet. — James Oppenheim