Fraker Fire Quotes & Sayings

I am going to be the World Authority on Peafowl, and I hope to be offered a chair some day at the Chicken College. — Flannery O'Connor

We're all scared.

Yes, all of us. I'm afraid every day. If I'm not afraid, I must not be doing something I need to be doing. I believe that when you're doing important work, you feel fear because you don't want to fail. The challenge is to not let the fear stop you from doing the work that will enable you to achieve your goals. You need to recognize the fear for what it is and allow your "why" (your compelling vision) for what you're doing be bigger than the fear itself.

So where do you start? Identify your fears. As they say, "name it to tame it."

Then, move forward. — Richie Norton

My phone has been ringing off the hook. I have like 17 cell phones and pagers. — Steven Cojocaru

She stares back into me, as if we are both seeking a humanity that neither of us has. — Beth Revis

I tried. I tried to burn that memory of my regret. But I wasn't dead yet, I was just on my way to dying, and it's harder to burn memories when you've still got life left. When you're alive you have to learn how to live with things like regret. — Christopher Barzak

England's a nice place if you're rich, but otherwise it's a fucking swamp of prejudice, class confusion, the whole thing. — Hanif Kureishi

The individual's whole experience is built upon the plan of his language. — Henri Delacroix

The ruler is the first servant of the state. He is paid well so that he can maintain the dignity of his office. But he is required in return to work effectively for the well-being of the state. — Frederick II Of Hohenstaufen

It's a strange thing to discover and to believe that you are loved when you know that there is nothing in you for anybody but a parent or a God to love. — Graham Greene

He rolled his eyes. "You just like me for my body. Admit it." "Well, yeah ... " His lashes lifted and his eyes glittered like jewels. "I feel like man-candy — Jennifer L. Armentrout

An ugly calm lay over the streets like the anticipation of a beating. — Nick Harkaway

The Ephebians believed that every man should have the vote (provided that he wasn't poor, foreign, nor disqualified by reason of being mad, frivolous, or a woman). Every five years someone was elected to be Tyrant, provided he could prove that he was honest, intelligent, sensible, and trustworthy. Immediately after he was elected, of course, it was obvious to everyone that he was a criminal madman and totally out of touch with the view of the ordinary philosopher in the street looking for a towel. And then five years later they elected another one just like him, and really it was amazing how intelligent people kept on making the same mistakes. — Terry Pratchett

You guys are the only chicks I'm worried about." "Ugh. Dad. Weird. — Anonymous

Art, like dreams, helps our eyes to see what our hearts already know. — Rennie St. James