Drumfire Df Quotes & Sayings

The principle of social proof says so: The greater the number of people who find any idea correct, the more the idea will be correct. — Robert B. Cialdini

Once, Gansey had overhead his father saying, Why in the world did he even want that car? and his mother replying, Oh, I know why. One day he would find an opportunity to bring up that conversation with her, because he wanted to know why she thought he had bought it. Analyzing what motivated him to put up with the Camaro made Gansey feel unsettled, but he knew it had something to do with how sitting in this perfectly restored Peugeot made him feel. A car was a wrapper for its contents, he thought, and if he looked on the inside like any of the cars in this garage looked on the outside, he couldn't live with himself. On the outside, he knew he looked a lot like his father. On the inside, he sort of wished he looked more like the Camaro. Which was to say, more like Adam. — Maggie Stiefvater

Her only way home was to betray her friend. — Scott Westerfeld

Reading is actually plunging into one's own identity and, one hopes, emerging stronger than before. You see, unconsciously, we are seeking to find an affirmation to our own world perception and set of values. — Amalia Kahana-Carmon

You have to be very careful when you're working on a sequel, because it has to be a continuation of what you did before. — Hideo Kojima

I will say this for adversity: people seem to be able to stand it, and that is more than I can say for prosperity. — Kin Hubbard

I am thankful that in a troubled world no calamity can prevent the return of spring. — Helen Keller

There'd been studies over the years supporting the proposition that groups composed exclusively of women usually made intelligent decisions, that exclusively male groups did a bit less well, and that mixed groups did most poorly of all, by a substantial margin. It appeared that, when women were present, testosterone got the upper hand and men took greater risks than they might otherwise. Correspondingly, women in the mixed group tended to revert to roles, becoming more passive, and going along with whatever misjudgment the males might perpetrate. — Jack McDevitt

I think you should take your job seriously, but not yourself - that is the best combination. — Judi Dench

There's a myth that Roosevelt gave Stalin Eastern Europe. I was with Roosevelt every day at Yalta. — W. Averell Harriman

I have known several presidents quite well, including my husband, and I worked closely with President George W. Bush and the White House then after 9/11, and I served with President Obama. I disagree with all three of those presidents on certain things. — Hillary Clinton

Hell is that state where one has ceased to hope. — A.J. Cronin

Without my photography life would be boring. Photography adds an extra dimension to my life. Somehow it confirms my place in the world — Rennie Ellis

It's not a girl's glittering personality that men're interested in, Holly. It never bloody is. — David Mitchell

Be not comforted. Consolation is not what you need. Weep and be not consoled, but weep. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky