Quotes & Sayings About Dear John Movie

The difference between self-confidence and conceit is as simple as love and fear. Jesus was self-confident ... Hitler was afraid. — Bill Crawford

In displaying the psychology of your characters, minute particulars are essential. God save us from vague generalizations! Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions. Nor is it necessary to portray many main characters. Let two people be the center of gravity in your story: he and she. — Anton Chekhov

Upon this, I (who took the boldness to speak freely before the Cardinal) said, 'There was no reason to wonder at the matter, since this way of punishing thieves was neither just in itself nor good for the public; for, as the severity was too great, so the remedy was not effectual; simple theft not being so great a crime that it ought to cost a man his life; no punishment, how severe soever, being able to restrain those from robbing who can find out no other way of livelihood. — Thomas More

Decide where you are going and how you are to get there. Then make a start from where you now stand. — Napoleon Hill

at least there was another human being to share the weight of this crushing knowledge. — Blake Crouch

I grew up watching my mom in the kitchen, that's how I know anything about cooking. I've always wanted to go to a culinary class actually. — Serena Williams

Survival in more primitive ages required constant alertness, but survival in today's mechanized world almost demands that we turn off our senses. In urban life especially, there is too much to see, hear and smell. — Carole Katchen

Cold metal walks across my forehead,
spiders search for my heart.
It is a light that goes out in my mouth ... — Georg Trakl

she has suddenly emptied herself of me, and all other consciousness in the world has also emptied itself of me. It seems funny. Yet I know that I exist, that I am here. Now — Jean-Paul Sartre

The Lord gives us wings
He gives us a stomach
we can fly or vomit — Patti Smith