Floyd Henry Allport Quotes & Sayings

A genius is a man who does unique things of which nobody would expect him to be capable. — E. V. Lucas

Every show I've ever, you know, produced, essentially it's the show I want to watch myself. — Simon Cowell

I get upset over a bad shot just like anyone else. But it's silly to let the game get to you. When I miss a shot I just think what a beautiful day it is. And what pure fresh air I'm breathing. Then I take a deep breath. I have to do that. That's what gives me the strength to break the club. — Bob Hope

The fact that I wasn't expected to read music at all and was absorbing everything by ear ... it had a huge affect on the kind of musician that I became. — Andrew Bird

A good person will feel guilty even before a dog. — Anton Chekhov

Looking at my smarmy grin, my hooded eyes, I thought, I would hate this guy. — Gillian Flynn

One may say with one's lips: 'I believe that God is one, and also three' - but no one can believe it, because the words have no sense. — Leo Tolstoy

One book at a time ... though I'm usually doing the research for others while I'm writing, but that sort of research is fairly desultory and I like to stick to the book being written - and writing a book concentrates the mind so the research is more productive. — Bernard Cornwell

My attitude toward friendship has remained the same. I will support and encourage you with all the love in my heart, but if it's not reciprocal, I gotta go [ ... ] If your friends are bitter about your success to the extent that they act out, don't expect them to change [ ... ] Move on. — RuPaul

Ever since he repented of religion and shaved off his clerical beard and mustache, he has had the constant feeling that he has taken off his trousers, and that his nose protrudes altogether indecently and must at all cost be covered. It's sheer torment!
With one hand over his nose, the deacon knocks again and again. No one responds. And yet Martha is home; the gate is locked from within. And that means - what? It means that she is with someone else ... The deacon punctuates the scene inwardly with the three dots we have graphically depicted just above, and, tripping over them at every second step, he proceeds to Rosa Luxemburg Street. ("X") — Yevgeny Zamyatin

We often feel that a clever aphorism captures a truth that would require pages to defend in any other way. — Steven Pinker

Yoga isn't just about showing up on the mat. It's about showing up in your life, in your day; it's about opening your heart while standing firm and strong and believing in yourself. — Kathryn E. Livingston

Show your netiquette, to become cyber friends with those you have met, on the internet. — David Chiles

My reputation for writing quickly and effortlessly notwithstanding, I am strongly in favor of intelligent, even fastidious revision, which is, or certainly should be, an art in itself. — Joyce Carol Oates

It isn't enough to feel the pressure of a situation; you must repent and change your heart ... When you cry out to God, let it be the beginning of consistent change in your life. — Terry Virgo