Fleishhacker Foundation Quotes & Sayings

Wherever I go in the world, people all know about Scotland Street and are always asking me about what's going to happen to the characters next. — Alexander McCall Smith

I disliked singing in English and neither liked the story nor the character of Cressida. — Walter Legge

I started out in psychedelic drugs, and people said it was a flight from reality. It still is a flight from reality, but I think reality is now a bit more scary than the drugs we used to fly from it, so long ago. — Terence McKenna

To engender empathy and create a world using only words is the closest thing we have to magic. — Lin-Manuel Miranda

Call me Autolycus. Well, no, don't. Although I am, like that unfunny clown, a picker-up of unconsidered trifles. Which is a fancy way of saying I steal things — John Banville

I wonder why it is we are not all kinder to each other ... How much the world needs it! How easily it is done! — Henry Drummond

When I was a young girl, I lost a lot of weight over one summer - involuntarily - and was just really depressed and sad. There was nothing I could do to gain weight. I would look in the mirror and call myself disgusting every day. — Tyra Banks

The Christian life can be explained only in terms of Jesus Christ, and if your life as a Christian can still be explained in terms of you -- your personality, your willpower, your gift, your talent, your money, your courage, your scholarship, your dedication, your sacrifice, or you anything -- then although you may have the Christian life, you are not yet living it. — Ian Thomas

The "happening" operates by creating an asymmetrical network of surprises, without climax or consummation, this is the alogism of dreams rather than the logic of most art. — Susan Sontag

My lord, I'd rather be alone."
His smile vanished. Not a single muscle in his body bulged, but the color of his eyes turned to dark ashes.
"And I'd rather not. — Chris Lange

Of all the things I have been privileged to do and experience in life, the highest honor has been fatherhood. Wishing Fathers everywhere a wonderful day. — Roy Yamaguchi

You don't know the plant until you've killed it. Then you've learned something. — Janet Macunovich

Our knowledge is limited. However, reading augments our knowledge. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Some people will follow their minds without listening to their hearts, and others will follow their hearts without listening to their minds. This is why reason exists, for there to be balance between the heart and mind. We were not meant to follow the mind and ignore the heart. Instead, we were meant to follow the heart over the mind, but without completely abandoning logic. The middle way is the preferred way, and this path simply means to allow your heart to drive you, but do not forget to balance reason with your conscience. — Suzy Kassem

Empathy, the ability to relate emotionally and compassionately to others, is a critical part of communication. Showing empathy is the first step in communication - and it may be the most important form of communicating with your teenager. Yet simply saying "I understand" is not enough. Here are the three basic levels of empathetic responses: — Frank Lawlis