Dyett High School Quotes & Sayings

Writing fantasy lets me imagine a great deal more than, say, writing about alligators, and lets me write about places more distant than Florida, but I can tell you things about Florida and alligators, let you make the connection all on your own. — Terry Brooks

If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows. I have guesses enough of my own. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Disgust and resolve are two of the great emotions that lead to change. — Jim Rohn

mountaineering offers you a chance to learn about yourself by venturing beyond the confines of the modern world. — Ron Eng

It might seem like the easier way to get rid of a poet would be just to take him out to the backyard, have him kneel between the cans with tomato plants in them and put a bullet in his brain. But they knew from history that it doesn't work to kill a writer. Every time you shoot a poet,a dozen new ones are born. It's like plucking a grey hair. — Heather O'Neill

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. — Henry David Thoreau

The game is a game, and things happen, and you can't always execute your plan as perfectly as you'd like to. — Tom Glavine

I think a person who takes a job in order to live - that is to say, for the money - has turned himself into a slave. Work begins when you don't like what you're doing. There's a wise saying: make your hobby your source of income. Then there's no such thing as work, and there's no such thing as getting tired. That's been my own experience. I did just what I wanted to do. It takes a little courage at first, because who the hell wants you to do just what you want to do; they've all got lots of plans for you. But you can make it happen. — Joseph Campbell

If you want to eat when you're not hungry, you're hungry for something else. — Geneen Roth

The basic idea that marketing is wrong at its core is one of the main reasons why innovation seems blocked and unpredictable. — Clayton Christensen

On the tennis court, one needs a cool temperament, tremendous ball sense, reflexes, speed, hand-eye co-ordination, power, timing and peak physical fitness. Off the court, the player and support team need skills in planning, execution, travel, an ability to raise funds when needed, and several other talents. — Sania Mirza