Hibbard Quotes & Sayings

This is America. We don't have adult discussions. We have Twitter. — Bill Maher

If you are reading this Libellus, you are a Dreamer, whether you have recognized this or not. Being a Dreamer carries responsibility, one most people are not willing to accept. Responsibility implies that one cannot blame another person for their actions, effectively avoiding causality. However, this is futile and childish to consider. If you are a Dreamer, you are creating the Waking Dream around you. If your life is good, it is because you have made it so and if it is bad, it is because you have made it so. No one else is responsible for your life other than you. — Michael Hibbard

I used to get so many letters from students about the ending of 'Pro Femina.' So I had a stamp made that said 'irony, irony, irony' to put on a postcard and mail it back. — Carolyn Kizer

Your fairy tale is about to begin. — Anne Carol

Researchers determined that a variety of forces affected the lack of change. First, the people in the community had been socialized not to disagree publicly, so it was hard to have a meaningful discussion. Second, in the past, any suggestions of change had been met with strong private criticism, so people were hesitant to bring creative ideas to the table. Finally, there was such a strong tradition of individualism in the community that members could not openly discuss problems, because they did not believe in collective effort as a way to solve problems. (Hibbard, 1986) — Paul Mattessich

We've gotten so far away from our food source. It's been hijacked from us. But if you get soil, plant something in it and water it, you can feed yourself. It's that simple. — Ron Finley

People are really suffering these days. There's a lot of corporate triumph and a lot of personal despair as they wonder what are they working for. — Laurie Anderson

Watch out! It's quite possible that some of my best mistakes haven't yet been made. — Ashleigh Brilliant

Her light was so brilliant it burned my guilty shadow onto the floor, but I was not blinded. — Michael Hibbard

Throw overboard all idea of jealousy and egotism, once for all. Come on to the practical field with tremendous energy; to work, in the fullness of strength! As to the rest, the Lord will point out the way. — Swami Vivekananda

There is a darkened corridor, forgotten by the sun, shrouded in shadow and transgression. — Michael Hibbard

As they stood there, the world falling apart around them, Grigor had a feeling of dread settle over his heart; but despite that, he was glad that he was with Olivia once again. — Michael Hibbard

She would say that God put us in this situation to conquer, and to transcend reality and be something more. But — Derrick Hibbard

I am the keeper of the beast, though all men harbor a beast in the depths of their heart
callous, calamitous creatures, driven by deviant demands and derisive diligence.
From the short story What Rough Beast — Michael Hibbard

There will be birds and if they write your name in the sky then you can get on the buses and if they don't you have to die on the floor. — Joe Dunthorne

You can't steal every scene. There are scenes in which you need to sit back and do a lot less, verbally, physically. — Luke Pasqualino

My father loved to take us on historical vacations, and you should have seen the stares we received in East Berlin. — Marcus Samuelsson

The origin of the conflict, frustration, and anxiety we experience does not lie in the nature of the world itself but in our distorted conceptions of the world. — Stephen Batchelor

You can't make everybody love you. It's an exercise in futility, and it's probably not even a good idea to try. — Robert Crumb

He's a man's man and I like that about him. — Deana Martin

Are there not, dear Michael, Two points in the adventure of the diver,- One, when a beggar he prepares to plunge; One, when a prince he rises with his pearl? Festus, I plunge. — Robert Browning