Geister Quotes & Sayings

I've gotten very good at scheduling my life, scheduling the scene and preparing myself for knowing, saving the energy, consuming the energy, knowing when to go for it and having the available reserves to be able to do that. You have to think about that, because it's endurance. — Tom Cruise

You're my bird," I tell him. "You're my bird and you're going to help me fly away. — Tahereh Mafi

There is no such thing as static happiness. Happiness is a mixed thing, a thing compounded of sacrifices, and losses, and betrayals. — John Updike

Wisteria Ling," a familiar voice shouted. "I challenge you."
Sariil stood there, one finger pointed at Wisteria.
"To a dance? Sariil, I don't think you quite understand this assignment," Wisteria said, though she was amused.
"Backing down, are you? Seems the great Wisteria Ling is afraid after our last encounter," Sariil gloated.
"Ugh," Wisteria said, by way of acceptance. — Kara Loo

Oh, painted smirk of a hopeless dawn, the girl is still wearing her breeches ... — Frances Hardinge

Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive - the risk to be alive and express what we really are.
— Miguel Ruiz

Lennie begged, "Le's do it now. Le's get that place now." "Sure right now. I gotta. We gotta. — John Steinbeck

What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you're advancing. If you don't you're as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn't there, and no chain of reasoning, no matter how logical or elegant or brilliant, will win your case for you. — Lyndon B. Johnson

The communism of Karl Marx would probably be actually the best for everybody as a whole. But what he didn't figure into was human nature, and that's what corrupts it. — Jesse Ventura

The overall climate meant that young artists pushing the limits of their craft were locked out of the establishment. — Paul Brody

Be thankful that your lot has fallen on times when, though there may be many evil tongues and exasperated spirits, there are none who have fire and fagot at command. — Robert Southey

I try not to return to these moments very often, for I end up lacerating my young self for not simply kissing the girl. I thought we had time. Despite everything, I believed somehow there was time. Love's first mistake. Perhaps love's only mistake. — Lily King

If our mental models are mere approximations of reality, then, the conclusions we draw cannot help but be prone to error. A few words uttered by someone close to us can carry enormous weight, for example, whereas the same words uttered by a stranger won't resonate at all. At our jobs, we may interpret not being invited to a meeting as a threat to us or to our projects, even when no threat is intended. But because we often don't see the flaws in our reasoning - or our biases - it's easy to be deluded while being quite convinced that we are the only sane ones around. — Ed Catmull