Hundredfold Scripture Quotes & Sayings

The novel is very much alive, indeed. In Toronto at the Sixth Annual International Festival of Authors (October 1985) I listened to novelists by the dozen. — William Golding

If you knew there was somebody out there afoot that had two million dollars of your money, at what point would you quit lookin for em?
That's right. There aint no such a point. — Cormac McCarthy

I'm really interested in vegan nail polishes, because a lot of nail polishes have a lot of toxins in them. — G. Hannelius

Life for women in rural Scotland is not like anywhere else in the world. We all live very far apart, and you don't just ring your girlfriend up for a cup of coffee. There really is no sense of community, no pubs, no clubs. The golf clubs are male prerogatives, and the women are isolated and have to have their own resources. — Rosamunde Pilcher

Return trips, to this day ... are simply invitations to dull trances or leaden slumber, — John Irving

The reformer has enemies in all who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order. — Niccolo Machiavelli

The language of music is common to all generations and nations; it is understood by everybody, since it is understood with the heart. — Gioachino Rossini

At his best, Obama promised to work with Republicans to reduce the deficit in a way that honors both individualism and community. — Ron Fournier

I am accomplishing so much on a personal level now, breaking down boundaries and growing in to the person I want to be. Right now I am the change I want to see it the world - that makes me happy! — Leilani Bishop

In the novelist's profession, as far as I'm concerned, there's no such thing as winning or losing. Maybe numbers of copies sold, awards won, and critics' praise serve as outward standards for accomplishment in literature, but none of them really matter. What's crucial is whether your writing attains the standards you've set for yourself. Failure to reach that bar is not something you can easily explain away. When it comes to other people, you can always come up with a reasonable explanation, but you can't fool yourself. In this sense, writing novels and running full marathons are very much alike. — Haruki Murakami

Successful people rely heavily on their mentors. Ordinary people don't. It's that simple. — Robert G. Allen

The people who need to grow, are the ones allowed the least chance to have a say in their own growth. — Srividya Srinivasan