Godala Quotes & Sayings

The mediation of internal conflicts can be resolved by linkages with other problems. — Howard Raiffa

The principle of social proof says so: The greater the number of people who find any idea correct, the more the idea will be correct. — Robert B. Cialdini

Perhaps you had an older brother who was a brilliant student. He got A's in school; you made only C's, and you never heard the last of it. So you believed that you could never succeed in life as he could. He got A's and you got C's, so you reasoned that you were consigned to getting C's all your life. Apparently you never realized that some of those who failed to get high grades in school have been the greatest successes outside of school. Just because somebody gets an A in college doesn't make him the greatest man in the United States, because maybe his A's will stop when he gets his diploma, and the fellow who got C's in school will go on later to get the real A's in life. — Anonymous

I don't relax. My main relaxation is meeting illustrators and publishers in restaurants and bars. — Tony Ross

My father didn't think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man. — Richard Diebenkorn

Tabitha stared at him. "Oliver, do you think your mother and father love you? Do they tell you that?"

He looked embarrassed. "Yes, of course."

Wiping a hand on the side of her apron, Tabitha tapped a finger to Oliver's temple so that her words would stick. "Then they are perfect parents, no matter their shortcomings in understanding. (pg. 222) — Jessica Lawson

We're called to be faithful, to take those first difficult steps
and to leave the results up to God. — Alex Harris

You only fall when you look down, Coyote. — Robert Brockway

In every branch of knowledge the progress is proportional to the amount of facts on which to build, and therefore to the facility of obtaining data. — James Clerk Maxwell

The story of a regeneration of convictions - can any story in the entire field of literature be more filled with thrilling and all-absorbing interest? — Lev Shestov

If you tell me how you get your feeling of importance, I'll tell you what you are. — Dale Carnegie

Then headed for the kitchen.
Fuck.
I headed through the lounge ...
... just as two indistinct pitch-black masses, Kevlar laden, shotguns raised, crept ninja-like through the front door. This time, I didn't even get a bellowed warning. The lead ninja, upon seeing me, sprang forward ... and crushed me face flat to the floor.
That hurt.
It was five long hard seconds before he eased up an iota so I could take a breath,
"Hello again, Dennis. Busy night?" I managed from somewhere under his arm or knee or gun-butt. "Bean-bags or bullets?"
"Bullets," said Harry. "Easy up, lads. He's scarpered ... "
Dennis got off of me, locked his shotgun and helped me up,
"Sorry," he said.
"No worries ... — Morana Blue

The Buddha gave his first talks, and three or four ascetics became his first disciples. They recognized his enlightenment. — Frederick Lenz