Hap Briggs Quotes & Sayings

People liked to imagine their feelings were obvious, that their emotions were written all over their face. But generally, no one looked carefully enough to notice anything, or knew you well enough to understand what they noticed. — Rose Lerner

In essence, don't wait for the host to move you to the children's table. — Michael S. Horton

In general, I agree with Jacob Grimm and feel that we ought to permit changes and uncontrolled growth in language. Even though that also allows potentially threatening new words to develop, language needs the chance to constantly renew itself. — Gunter Grass

I've always had this idea that if you're going to try something, if you're going to expend that first big block of effort and energy to participate - whether it's riding the Tour de France or applying for a new job or coaching your daughter's soccer team - you might as well go ahead and give whatever else it takes to win, I mean, I'm going to be there no matter what, right? Why not go ahead and get the victory? — Johan Bruyneel

I'm not that kind of wife who would say, 'Learn this' or 'Learn that.' I'm not a nagging wife. — Melania Trump

If you want to be seen, you have to put yourself out there - it's that simple. — Karin Fossum

All the advantages of Christianity and alcohol; none of their defects. — Aldous Huxley

I wish to descend in the social scale.
High society is low society.
I am a social climber
climbing downward
And the descent is difficult.
(- Junkman's Obbligato) — Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Photographers usually want to photograph facts and things. But I'm interested in the nature of the thing itself. A photograph of someone sleeping tells me nothing about their dream state; a photograph of a corpse tells me nothing about the nature of death. My work is about my life as an event, and I find myself to be very temporal, transient. — Duane Michals

'Amores Perros' and 'Once Were Warriors' had a tremendous visceral quality that really influenced me. — Brendan Fletcher

Gratitude is an offering precious in the sight of God, and it is one that the poorest of us can make and be not poorer but richer for having made it. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

Other kids are kids almost just like you - it's true.
Other kids are kids too, but there's no other you, but YOU! — Christina Engela

It made me wonder how other people saw me. Not that I had any way of knowing, of course. — Haruki Murakami

I love '30 Rock' because Tina Fey allows me to fly over the cuckoo nest once a week. — Tracy Morgan