Heidemarie Martha Quotes & Sayings

How are you to meet the swarm of foolish attachments, triflings, and undesirable inclinations which beset you? By turning sharply away, and thoroughly renouncing such vanities, flying to the Saviour's Cross, and clasping His Crown of thorns to your heart, so that these little foxes may not spoil your vines. Beware of entering into any manner of treaty with the Enemy; do not delude yourself by listening to him while intending to reject him. — Saint Francis De Sales

Stuff that's truly off-trail was what appealed to 'Weird Tales' editors. — Robert Weinberg

I am my own self. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Any darn fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to make something simple. — Pete Seeger

Drawing is putting a line around an idea. — Henri Matisse

But in all the annals of human vice, no power is as destructive or demonic as perverted sincerity — G. B. Caird

people can feel the math behind things, especially, thankfully, moms. — Christian Rudder

I think God must have had something in mind for me that was not on my radar when I first started out in New York. Back then, doing animated voices meant your career was done - it was looked down upon. — Jodi Benson

It's always fascinating - and sometimes a little disquieting - when two first-rate critics violently disagree. — Robert Gottlieb

The road to redemption might be damn hard, but in the end - if you reached the end - his father was right. It was worth it. Maribelle was worth it. Funny how her birth was the reason he'd started running, but she ended up being the reason he'd stopped. Life was really fucking funny that way. — Madeline Sheehan

Who you truly are is a place of no particular thing, but all things at once. — Alan Finger

I was trained as journalist never to use the word 'I,' never to put my own opinion there. In fact, if you had a dollar or a euro for every time I use the word 'I,' you would be a poor person. But this is not true in general. I like the idea of being able to stand away and make a judgement. — Suzy Menkes

A poet is deeply conflicted and it's in his work that he reconciles those deep conflicts. The place is the harbor. It doesn't set the world in order, you know, it's the place of reconciliation. It's the Consolamentum, the kiss of peace. — Irving Layton