Franzel Quotes & Sayings

Take myself as a good-will ambassador. I'm great - I'm taking myself as a character - for the intellectuals and the man on the street. I'm great where Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. leaves off. I'm
not so good with high society, in either North or South America, because I'm highly unconventional. Perhaps I bewilder people by being at once the esthete, the intellectual and the
vulgarian. — Orson Welles

Jewelry, to me, is a pain in the derriere, because you have to be watching it all the time. — Eartha Kitt

If I can do enough of the right things, I will have established my value. Identity is the sum of my achievements. Hence, if I can satisfy the boss, meet the needs of my spouse and children, and still pursue my dreams, then I will be somebody. In Christian theology, such a position is called justification by works. It assumes that my worth is measured by my performance. Conversely, it conceals a dark and ghastly fear: If I do not perform, I will be judged unworthy. To myself I will cease to exist. — Tullian Tchividjian

I'd say there are two kinds of theater: one you end with an answer, one you end with a question. — Paul Downs Colaizzo

Unless you've also had some experience dragging around a boat trailer, [topping off the gas tank] may not sound important. But trailer driver's know: a gas stop can be a traumatic experience. You need enough clearance on every possible side. You can't cut the turn too sharp or you'll clip the gas pump. Getting back on the freeway can be as challenging as sending a man to the moon. — Brad Alan Lewis

[T]here is nothing brighter, crisper, more antiseptic, and cooler than a really first-rate corner drugstore on a hot summer night. If Anne Stanton is inside the door and the air conditioning is working. — Robert Penn Warren

There is no regret God cannot redeem. — Mark Batterson

Baby," she says in a harsh whisper, "in this world, lots of people will try to grind you down. They need you to be small so they can be big. You let them think whatever they want, but you make sure you get yours. You get yours. — Holly Black

Shut up and write anyway. Don't use anything as an excuse. — Natalie Goldberg

Nothing is sufficient for the person who finds sufficiency too little — Epicurus

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience. — Gaius Iulius Caesar

At first she beckoned and lured one into her world; then, she blurred the passageways, confused all the images, as if to elude detection. — Anais Nin

All of them thought Georgia was weird. Then and now, it takes nerve to be weird - and I mean genuinely out of step with everyone else, not hipster-weird, where you affect the weirdness embraced by everyone else at the coffee shop. — Karen Karbo

I'm the tomboy so I got to be a little butch. — Laura Prepon