Gasner Allen Quotes & Sayings

A leader is a man who can adapt principles to circumstances. — George S. Patton

There will always be a storm. You may be rained on or cause the rain yourself. I much prefer the latter. — David Liss

I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder? — Ferdinand Marcos

I began to think that melancholy was a dialect that only some people knew-or could even hear-and in my conversations, I sought these people out. — Virginia Heffernan

The naysayers are not only casting doubt on science and nonbelievers; they are also ignoring the billions of non-conflicted believers around the world, dismissing their views as unworthy. — Bill Nye

Change is not a four letter word ... but often your reaction to it is! — Jeffrey Gitomer

The writers I most enjoy reading, even in gritty, down-to-earth genres, have a touch of the poet in them; they can create original, evocative images and make words do things they hadn't known they could. Writing my first novel left me feeling that the most important quality for a writer is empathy, the ability to see the world through the eyes of someone from a vastly different background. Especially, to create engaging villains, you have to see how the world makes sense from their point of view, even if it's the polar opposite of yours. For me, a good villain is one who makes the reader ask, "If I had the same experience as this person, can I be absolutely sure I wouldn't have done the same things? — Charles Kowalski