Gurnsey Quotes & Sayings

The older I get, the more I believe in practice and work over natural talent and ability. — Jamie Bamber

I think I'm fascinated with history and - just in general. And I'm always interested in how did - how did this come to be? Why is this the way it is? And even singing classical voice, I quickly became more and more interested with early music, baroque voice. And that became an obsession to me - just figuring out how - who are the ancestors of whatever it is. — Cecile McLorin Salvant

To you, whoever you are, when I am gone - remember to be kind tonight to some lonely person. For me. — Tennessee Williams

I have argued about the future of fiction with jaded novelists, far-seeing postmodernists, technologists, television critics. The argument that future generations will not know the pleasures of the novel has been a staple of book reviewing since at least 1960. — Russell Smith

There is in all animals a sense of duty that man condescends to call instinct. — Robert Breault

You can divide our industry into two kinds of people: those who want to go work for a company to make it successful, and those who want to go work for a successful company. — Jamie Zawinski

When you're skiing, if you're not falling you're not trying. — Donald Rumsfeld

When I sit down I write very fast ... if I haven't finished a book in two or three months then I think it's not going well. — Michael Morpurgo

There is no man in this world that God created to be a shadow of other people — Sunday Adelaja

Don't fear technology. Embrace it and adapt with the changing times. Disruption is needed agitation to unlock new possibilities. — K.J. Kilton

Limitation is the condition of our lives. What matters - what allows us to reach beyond ourselves, as we are, and push at the boundaries of our ability - is that we continue. But then everything depends on how we practice, what we practice. — Glenn Kurtz