Gorenberg Alan Quotes & Sayings

Civilization has absolutely no need of nobility or heroism. These things are symptoms of political inefficiency. In a properly organized society like ours, nobody has any opportunities for being noble or heroic. Conditions have got to be thoroughly unstable before the occasion can arise. Where there are wars, where there are divided allegiances, where there are temptations to be resisted, objects of love to be fought for or defended - there, obviously, nobility and heroism have some sense. But there aren't any wars nowadays. The greatest care is taken to prevent you from loving any one too much. There's no such thing as a divided allegiance; you're so conditioned that you can't help doing what you ought to do. And what you ought to do is on the whole so pleasant, so many of the natural impulses are allowed free play, that there really aren't any temptations to resist. — Aldous Huxley

Do they know I'm black?" I ask. "I thought you were biracial." To most white people, black and biracial are the same thing. — Gisele Walko

Yesterday i carved your name into the surface of an ice cube
then held it against my chest til it melted into my aching pores
today i cried so hard the neighbors knocked on my door
and asked if I wanted to borrow some sugar. — Andrea Gibson

This is wonderful, wonderful! Be the bird. You are the bird. Sacrifice yourself to abandoned family values ... — Laurie Halse Anderson

Matt Cooke may be the worst fighter in the history of the National Hockey League. — Dave Nonis

You want to be happy? you should first learn how to let it go — Sam

When you write for children, don't write for children.
Write from the child in you. — Charles Ghigna

He liked to put his cigarettes out on my tongue. — Lauren Oliver

I learned failure early and mastered it. — Gregory Maguire

Nothing dates one so dreadfully as to think someplace is uptown. At our age one must be watchful of these conversational gray hairs. — Ruth Gordon

You learn to be comfortable in your own skin, and your body changes throughout life, so you can't sweat the small stuff. — Chanel Iman

The problem, as Randolph has realized, is that the best way for a young person to build character is for him to attempt something where there is a real and serious possibility of failure. In a high-risk endeavor, whether it's in business or athletics or the arts, you are more likely to experience colossal defeat than in a low-risk one - but you're also more likely to achieve real and original success. "The idea of building grit and building self-control is that you get that through failure," Randolph explained. — Paul Tough

Hi, I'm Nadine Velazquez, and my green tip is: recycle. — Nadine Velazquez

The warmness of his touch felt like coming home. — Angela McPherson

There is only one way to receive transmission. When I tell you something, do it immediately, without the least wavering thought. That's it. Learn. Open your heart and act. Thought stops action. It perverts it into calculated gesture stripped of grace and efficiency. — Daniel Odier