Degass Quotes & Sayings

Writing doesn't require drive. It's like saying a chicken has to have drive to lay an egg. — John Updike

She indulged in silent feelings of satisfaction, pleased with the idea of him suffering. This might even be a bit fun. — Emily Greenwood

... if only people experienced death earlier, they would know how important it is to show kindness to one another
Gretchen Haight — Emily W. Upham

A lot of weird things happen to me. People call out to me on the street and I figure I know them, and I walk over. And then they start to talk about a movie, and I get so embarrassed. Sometimes they think I'm Lorraine Bracco or Laura San Giacomo or Marisa Tomei. I'm sure it happens to them all the time, too. — Annabella Sciorra

I came back and in '63, I was at the British Open, trying to win my first British Open. And I had what I thought was a two-shot lead with two holes to play at Lytham. I remember it like it was yesterday. Anybody with a proper brain would have played the ball short of the hole. I didn't have a proper brain at the time. But you have to make that mistake to learn it. — Jack Nicklaus

I did see 'Gravity,' but I don't have the enthusiasm to go see a movie as often as I used to go. — Robert Osborne

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. — Walter Lippmann

Dads. Do you not realize that a child is what you tell them they are? That people almost always become what they are labeled? Was whatever your child just did really the "dumbest thing you've ever seen somebody do"? Was it really the "most ridiculous thing they ever could have done"? Do you really believe that your child is an idiot? Because she now does. Think about that. Because you said it, she now believes it. Bravo. — Dan Pearce

To see every day how people get the name 'genius' just as the wood-lice in the cellar the name 'millipede'-not because they have that many feet, but because most people don't want to count to 14-this has had the result that I don't believe anyone any more without checking. — Georg C. Lichtenberg

What do you know? She liked to be told she was scary. Kinky. — Kevin Hearne

The way to have good ideas is to get close to killing yourself. It's like weightlifting. When you lift slightly more than you can handle, you get stronger. In life, when the gun is to your head, you either figure it out, or you die. — Claudia Azula Altucher