Floy Quotes & Sayings

Oh, yes, I know, I am a great deal better," said Paul, "a very great deal better. Listen, Floy; what is it the sea keeps saying?" "Nothing, dear, it is only the rolling of the waves you hear. — Charles Dickens

If merited, no courage can stand against its just indignation. — Charles Caleb Colton

I can see her. Come close to me, Floy, and tell them," whispered the dying boy, "that the face of the picture of Christ on the staircase at school is not divine enough; the light from it is shining on me now, and the water is shining too, and rippling so fast, so fast." The evening light shone — Charles Dickens

There must've been some part of me that wanted to make my mark. But there was never a defining moment. — Daniel Day-Lewis

Is this some kind of joke?" "I have no sense of humor." She'd heard that about Raphael. — Larissa Ione

Winning is an inside job. A person who achieves victory is the one that first wins his or her internal battles. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

It's really hard to smile when you play. As a performer, if I ever find myself focusing, it's like, 'Oh no - orchestra face!' It's not attractive at all, so I have to focus on smiling. — Lindsey Stirling

Nothing in the world is so compelling to the emotions as the mind of another human being — Margaret Floy Washburn

Did life treat everyone so wantonly, ripping the good things to pieces while letting bad things fester and grow like fungus — Rohinton Mistry

Until death it is all life — Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra

The calligraphy reads, "Pointing directly at your own heart, you find Buddha." Listening to talks about the dharma, or the teachings of Buddha, or practicing meditation is nothing other than studying ourselves. — Pema Chodron

My rule has always been, write the next part of the book that you seem to know well. So I won't necessarily write chapter two after chapter one. — Justin Cronin

In real life I'm not the character I play in my films. I'm reasonably competent, I work very hard, I'm disciplined, I lead a very middle class life. I work in the mornings, I have lunch, I practise my clarinet, I go to the movies, I eat out in restaurants or watch ball games on television or at the ball games. — Woody Allen

I think women who lead full lives are better mothers. — Jada Pinkett Smith

I developed a prejudice in high school that it was all going to be boring. That kind of teenage, why-do-I-have-to-read-these-goddamn-classics feeling. And then you discover that the classics are classics because they're lively. They don't stick around because they're boring. If they're boring, they go away. — Aimee Bender

Isn't that the story for many of us in America? Christianity is our default setting. — Jefferson Bethke

We aren't guaranteed the time we think we
need to mend fences with those we love. — Eileen Wilks