Figure Modeling Quotes & Sayings

It's a very common belief [among Mormons] that the Constitution will hang by a thread and the Church will save it. — Jan Shipps

Writing is learned by imitation. I learned to write mainly by reading writers who were doing the kind of writing I wanted to do and by trying to figure out how they did it. S. J. Perelman told me that when he was starting out he could have been arrested for imitating Ring Lardner. Woody Allen could have been arrested for imitating S. J. Perelman. And who hasn't tried to imitate Woody Allen? Students often feel guilty about modeling their writing on someone else's writing. They think it's unethical - which is commendable. Or they're afraid they'll lose their own identity. The point, however, is that we eventually move beyond our models; we take what we need and then we shed those skins and become who we are supposed to become. But — William Zinsser

Economy is the art of making the most of life. — Gary Becker

My hair is not the shiniest of bobs
My eyes are not the brightest in the room
My figure will not get me modeling jobs
My smile will not bring young boys to their doom.
But do I cry and mourn my average face?
Or wish that I had boyfriends at the ready?
Do I not sleep because I lose the race,
Or spurn my food because I don't go steady?
My mind is on a more important thing
That lifts my heart and makes my spirit soar
I want to make the souls of people sing
And quiet down the mean and bullying roar.
To help the wounded girls replace the scar
With the right to be exactly who they are. — Nancy Rue

Embrace what makes you awkward. We all should. — R.K. Ryals

Only keep still, wait, and hear, and the world will open. — Richard Powers

Hair matters. Pay attention to your hair - because everyone else will. — Hillary Clinton

As the great ones of this world are unable to bestow health of body or peace of mind, we always pay too high a price for any good they can do. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The successful establishment of a buffer zone around Fort Carson will provide an example for other bases around the country as we seek to protect the training mission of the U.S. military while preserving critical habitats on our ranges. — Wayne Allard

God speaks with authority on every subject including marriage and His advice trumps Oprah's every time. — Kirk Cameron

It's easy to smile just to make other people feel better. But when a person fakes happy, it has edges. Regular people may not see, but the people who count, they can see the edges and the lines where your smile ends and the real you, the sadness (me) or the anger (Grandma) begins. — Heidi W. Durrow

If you build up the soil with organic material, the plants will do just fine. — John Harrison

I have a personal belief that you never have to give up liberty for security. You can still provide security without sacrificing our Bill of Rights. — Ron Paul

I created cat myths, which cats tell each other in the night. — Neil Gaiman

With every choice, even the choice of inactivity, we must shut the door to a host of alternate futures. Each step we take along the path of fate represents a narrowing of potential, the death of a parallel world. The path of fate was more like a tunnel, and it was constricting about her with ever step she took. — Michael David Lukas

There is yet time for all that is to come. — Judy Croome

Guys need to know when to take charge. — Lyndsy Fonseca