Ethics The Essential Writings Quotes & Sayings

There are occasions when losing is a victory, so long as there is a fight. — Robert Harris

I feel like what I look like is government issue, it's pretty much out of my hands. But I invent the stuff I say. That's me. — Carrie Fisher

Performing a one-man Macbeth feels like the greatest challenge. — Alan Cumming

A toddling little girl is a center of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each other. — George Eliot

For a lot of people, their first love is what they'll always remember. For me it's always been the first hate, and I think that hatred, though it provides often rather junky energy, is a terrific way of getting you out of bed in the morning and keeping you going. If you don't let it get out of hand, it can be canalized into writing. In this country where people love to be nonjudgmental when they can be, which translates as, on the whole, lenient, there are an awful lot of bubble reputations floating around that one wouldn't be doing one's job if one didn't itch to prick. — Christopher Hitchens

I'm very interested in what people will do for money. Money: it's timeless. — Lorrie Moore

The true test of our worldview is what we find entertaining. — Albert Mohler

With the success of the last three or so years, when a lot of people start treating you differently, there's a danger that you may start to think of yourself differently. You rely on your friends to say, 'Hey, wake up!' — David Schwimmer

The king appeared ... with his dogs and sycophants behind him. — Kathleen Winsor

Wraith rubbed his hands together in cheesy horror-movie glee. "Join us or die." He grinned. "I've always wanted to say that. — Larissa Ione

There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that just gives you a little prod behind and you jump to the skies. — Robert Frost

Love everyone like a flower loves the world. — Debasish Mridha

I think it's really finding that belief in yourself, where you just have it no matter what's going on, no matter what anyone else says. I think that's the challenge, is to really have that belief in yourself. — Brandy Norwood

There is only one way in which you can "change your luck" and that is by altering your thoughts. — Eric Butterworth