Desert Tortoise Quotes & Sayings

And that made him wonder if a person who is forced into bad situations over and over again when they're too weak or helpless to do anything about it will eventually make bad choices of their own simply because they've become habituated to them. — Jonathan Maberry

I realize that some of you may be skeptical about the idea of reincarnation, but there's a lot of evidence that it's real. Exhibit A is Vice President Al Gore, who obviously, at some point in his previous existence, was a slab of Formica. — Dave Barry

Success involves failing first. Ask any successful person. Ask any experienced person, really. It's all part of the creative process, so sit back and allow the artist within you to sprout, blossom and flourish. You must accept that your first, second, and third attempt at something might suck. It's a necessary step in improving your skill. Failure is your teacher, not your judge. — Connor Franta

his torchlight Jason suddenly felt very scared. A chill passed through his body and he shivered. Special — Ian C.P. Irvine

Imagination is a divine creativity. — Lailah Gifty Akita

May we know fear, but may we always refuse to court cowardice. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

If I were wearing jeans, I'd be wearing the uniform of a cartoonist. — Don Wright

So the good news is, if you're unemployed and you go to apply for a job and you're not hired for that job, see a lawyer - you may be able to file for a claim because you were discriminated against because you were unemployed. — Louie Gohmert

Unashamed, accustomed to solitude, he began to enjoy his near-invisibility. From his position at the edge of the school around him, he took vicarious pleasure in the activities of those around him, silently celebrating the rise or fall of this or that playground emperor, or the examination failures of particularly unappetizing class-fellows: the delights of the spectator. — Salman Rushdie

No vampires? You know, the kind that sparkle? I giggle to myself, thinking "Go Team Edward!" - Willow — Mira Monroe

There will never be a chanel collection without black — Karl Lagerfeld

It was hard to bear your soul while someone was talking to their friend about a new sweater they bought. — Jewel

Tortoise steps, slow steps, four steps like a tank with a tail dragging in the sand.
Tortoise steps, land based, land locked, dusty like the desert tortoise herself, fenced in, a prisoner on her own reservation
teaching us the slow art of revolutionary patience. — Terry Tempest Williams

When two seemingly disparate elements are imaginatively poised put in apposition in new and unique ways, startling discoveries often result. — Marshall McLuhan