Gregersen Labossa Quotes & Sayings

And my fear of failure has been lifelong and deep. If you are what you do- and I think my parents may have accidentally given me this idea- and you do poorly, what then? It's over; you're wiped out. All those prophecies you heard in the dark have come true, and people can see the real you, see what a schmendrick you are, what a fraud. — Anne Lamott

I want the best product for my audience, and if I don't care 100%, who will? It's my name, my likeness that goes out there. — Barbra Streisand

I glanced at the contents of what I was photocopying. They were the rules of the golf club of which Mister Saito was a member. I started to laugh.
The next minute I felt more like crying, thinking about all the innocent trees that my superior was wasting to chastise me. I imagined the forests of the Japan of my childhood - maples, cedars, and ginkgoes - felled for the sole purpose of punishing a creature as insignificant as myself. I remembered, again, that Fubuki's family name meant forest. — Amelie Nothomb

Quickly, after I landed in England, I found out ways to get scholarships. England turned out to be a very encouraging place for me. — Zhang Xin

Pigs eat more tuna than all the planet's sharks combined. — Paul Watson

The late fall afternoon had filled the house with a heaviness of waiting. — Howard Axelrod

It's always a tough call deciding whether, as a scientist, you should argue publicly with the creationists. It's a dilemma that I encounter frequently in another subject area: Does it make sense to bandy words with someone from the UFO community? — Seth Shostak

Success is a matter of adjusting one's efforts to obstacles and one's abilities to a service needed by others. — Henry Ford

When someone told me I live in a fantasy land, I nearly fell off my unicorn. — Unknown

When women smoke, it is hard for them to quit because they are so worried about their weight; it's a vanity issue and a mindset. — Loni Anderson

I began by working in a study in an attic, but for many years, I've used a small room in a library. What matters to me isn't decor or comfort but only quiet. I need to hear the rhythms of phrases, the music of sentences. Any place that allows me to do that is good enough. — Steven Millhauser

Let's say there are prospects for a new Nigeria, but I don't think we have a new Nigeria yet. — Wole Soyinka

The main reason for moral inconsistencies and betrayals, Ayn Rand believed, is that men have been taught to pursue ideals that are irrational and therefore impractical. Traditional virtues, such as self-sacrifice, faith, and humility, are contrary to the requirements of human life and happiness. They force men into the horrible dilemma of having to choose between virtue and happiness - between morality and life itself. — Robert James Bidinotto

Fear of an enemy can often blind men to other hazards, not least the shape which they themselves make in the world. — Cormac McCarthy