Grinspoon Award Quotes & Sayings

When I was leaving I kind of felt a little bit sad, because I made some friends down in skid row. — Pras Michel

She taught me to love by loving me, and I learned - rather slowly; I wasn't too good a pupil, being set in my ways and lacking her natural talent. But I did learn. Learned that supreme happiness lies in wanting to keep another person safe and warm and happy, and being privileged to try. — Robert A. Heinlein

You can call me Agent Mickelson,' he told me with a smile. 'What about you? Is Max short for something? Maxine?'
'No, Dean. It's just Max. — James Patterson

I've always been inspired by women, and my mission was to inspire women. I always wanted to become a certain kind of woman, and I became that woman through fashion. It was a dialogue. I would see that the wrap dress made those women confident, and made them act with confidence. — Diane Von Furstenberg

But I don't think of the future, or the past, I feast on the moment. This is the secret of happiness, but only reached now in middle age. — Virginia Woolf

Home in Ireland, I went to Collins Barracks and spent some time wandering around, making notes on the various guns, knives and swords. — Sarah Rees Brennan

For the first time, Ax saw that there could be strength in serenity, and steel beneath stillness. — Sean Williams

We might think we know how we are being affected by the media - a book, a movie, a TV series. Ironically, this so-called awareness, the "third person effect," is most common with, according to Gierzynski, "those with higher education." He notes that "we think we know how the media affects us," but in truth, it controls us more than we know. — Anthony Gierzynski

My policy has always been to burn my bridges behind me. My face is always set toward the future. If I make a mistake it is fatal. When I am flung back I fall all the way back - to the very bottom. My one safeguard is my resiliency. So far I have always bounced back. — Henry Miller

Those who dare try and failure are courageous souls. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I grew up doing theater when I was very young - always enjoyed it. — Italia Ricci

A man ought never to trust another man's evaluation of a third man's disposition. — Eleanor Catton

I don't really even know what Twitter is. I know that might sound wierd to some people. I don't use social media. I make music, so I use social media ... it's more helpful for me when I'm making music than as an actor. — Michael Pitt

We ... do things a lot differently, yes, but in many ways we are just the same as you ... We eat, we sleep, we breathe. We smile when we're happy, and we cry when we're sad. When we swim, we must come up for air. When we work all day, our backs get sore. When we get cut, we bleed. — Jessica Khoury