Horribilis In The Levels Quotes & Sayings

They need only to look at him, hear his name, and the last of reason goes up in smoke. They sink into a state of befuddlement. — Anna Von Der Goltz

We are not the person other people wish we were. We are who we decide to be. — Paulo Coelho

Some bolts and then a door opened onto Eleventh — Lisa Unger

The object [Duchamp's Fountain] was rejected , giving Duchamp the opportunity of issuing a statement, which he published in a review, The Blind Man. In his statement he emphasized that the act of choice was sufficient to justify it as a creative art. Placing it in such a way that its normal use was disguised caused a new reality for the object to be invented. To the criticism that it was rude he replied, logically enough,How could this object be acceptable when displayed in a plumber's shop window and yet be immoral anywhere else? — Neville Weston

The human heart finds nowhere shelter but in human kind. — George Eliot

They don't give blue ribbons to second-place beers. — Hosho McCreesh

It's easy to become hopeless. So people must have hope: the human brain, the resilience of nature, the energy of young people and the sort of inspiration that you see from so many hundreds of people who tackle tasks that are impossible and never give up and succeed. — Jane Goodall

When we live with a memory we live with a corpse; the impact of the experience has changed us once but can never change us again. — Dorothy Gilman

One of the toughest things for leaders to master is kindness. Kindness shares credit and offers enthusiastic praise for others' work. It's a balancing act between being genuinely kind and not looking weak. — Travis Bradberry

More than the painting you see or the music you hear, the words you read become in the very act of reading them part of who you are, especially if they are the words of exceptionally promising writers. If there is poison in the words, you are poisoned; if there is nourishment, you are nourished; if there is beauty, you are made a little more beautiful. In Hebrew, the word dabar means both word and also deed. A word doesn't merely say something, it does something. It brings something into being. — Frederick Buechner