Drotz R Quotes & Sayings

I can't read historical fiction because I find the real thing so much more interesting. — Antonia Fraser

I seem to have a natural tendency to want to share my own observations and feelings with other people, and writing seems to be the way I'm best equipped to do that. — Jerry Spinelli

I've had teachers that inspired me, yes. I think teachers play a really important role in people's lives. I had one teacher in particular who helped me through high school and really instilled a confidence in me by just holding me up to a standard I wasn't holding myself up to. — Shaun Sipos

They're making me so weak that I'm on the verge of collapsing to the floor. I've kissed a few boys in the past . . . but Day makes me feel like I've never been kissed before. Like the world has melted away into something unimportant. — Marie Lu

Most men live like raisins in a cake of custom. — Brand Blanshard

Forget not your past, for in the future it may help you grow — James M. Barrie

A habit is good if it helps you achieve your goal; it is bad if it hinders your achievement. — Douglas Merrill

In your eyes, I see what's on my mind. — Dave Matthews

What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back; you have to be a kind of team going through life. — Tom Petty

I'm a shy guy ... I don't enjoy being bothered but I never say no to a fan. I say yes to everybody ... even though sometimes you have some days where you don't feel like it, but it's your duty as athlete to do it. Because the fans that pay it's going to make you live, so you have to do it. So I force myself to do it all the time. — Georges St-Pierre

I'm as embarrassed as hell about it. I purged myself of my shame by buying the Beatles 'all you need is love', one of the most evocative singles of all time. — Jon Snow

A little smile, a word of cheer, A bit of love from someone near, A little gift from one held dear, Best wishes for the coming year. These make a merry christmas! — John Greenleaf Whittier

In every death, a busy world comes to an end. — Mason Cooley

All of that art-for-art's-sake stuff is BS," she declares. "What are these people talking about? Are you really telling me that Shakespeare and Aeschylus weren't writing about kings? All good art is political! There is none that isn't. And the ones that try hard not to be political are political by saying, 'We love the status quo.' We've just dirtied the word 'politics,' made it sound like it's unpatriotic or something." Morrison laughs derisively. "That all started in the period of state art, when you had the communists and fascists running around doing this poster stuff, and the reaction was 'No, no, no; there's only aesthetics.' My point is that is has to be both: beautiful and political at the same time. I'm not interested in art that is not in the world. And it's not just the narrative, it's not just the story; it's the language and the structure and what's going on behind it. Anybody can make up a story. — Toni Morrison