Despusa Quotes & Sayings

The price of freedom keeps going up, but the quality keeps deteriorating. — Ashleigh Brilliant

You have the survival instincts of a suicidal squirrel — Marguerite Labbe

You don't try and put rockets under prime ministers. — Andrew Forrest

Out of the hills of Habersham, Down the valleys of Hall, I hurry amain to reach the plain; Run the rapid and leap the fall, Split at the rock, and together again Accept my bed, or narrow or wide, And flee from folly on every side With a lover's pain to attain the plain, Far from the hills of Habersham, Far from the valleys of Hall. — Sidney Lanier

G.K. Chesterton once said: If something is worth doing, it is worth doing badly. I live by this philosophy when I teach writing. It seems to me vastly more important that a student try a new technique in her writing, and use it imperfectly, than never try the technique at all. — Ralph Fletcher

You're bleeding! Darrow! You're bleeding!" "I know." "Where is your hand? You're missing a fucking hand!" "I know!" "Bloodydamn. — Pierce Brown

When I start getting embroiled in heated debates and feeling stressed, I just turn everything off and disconnect from the world. I simply tell my colleagues and friends that I am not well and need to cancel all meetings for a day or more. I take it easy - go for a long hike, take a vacation somewhere, or just stay at home and read. — Vivek Wadhwa

Making a long stay short is a great aid to popularity. — Kin Hubbard

I have a gay cousin who came out to my parents before he came out to his own. So I benefited from having a very open, supportive family, and I want to pass that on. — Elizabeth Banks

Whoever doesn't love you doesn't know you. — Shasta Nelson

All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy. — Scott Alexander

The quality of my life was the quality of my questions. — Tony Robbins

When you are dealing with art, any kind of art, your pleasure in making it is what matters most. — Marion Dane Bauer

When I was a kid my dad would say, "Emo, do you believe in the Lord?" I'd say, "Yes!" He'd say, "Then stand up and shout Hallelujah!" So I would ... and I'd fall out of the roller coaster. — Emo Philips

I could see it. I could almost feel it. When I proclaimed that I was the greatest of all time, I believed in myself, and I still do. — Muhammad Ali