Hypergluttonous Quotes & Sayings

Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. You're never as good as you'd like to be. So there's always something to hope for. — Washington Irving

At least Bank of America got its name right. The ultimate Too Big to Fail bank really is America, a hypergluttonous ward of the state whose limitless fraud and criminal conspiracies we'll all be paying for until the end of time. — Matt Taibbi

The great secrets of being courted are, to shun others, and seem delighted with yourself. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

We are all in flight from the real reality. That is the basic definition of Homo Sapiens. — John Fowles

She had once been described, by one who saw below the surface, as a perfectly beautiful woman in an absolutely plain shell. — Florence L. Barclay

The true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things. The swineherd cannot already be wed to the princess when he embarks on his adventures, nor can the boy knock on the witch's door when she is already away on vacation. The wicked uncle cannot be found out and foiled before he does something wicked. Things must happen when it is time for them to happen. Quests may not simply be abandoned; prophecies may not be left to rot like unpicked fruit; unicorns may go unrescued for a very long time, but not forever. The happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story. — Peter S. Beagle

When we our betters see bearing our woes,
We scarcely think our miseries our foes. — William Shakespeare

The job is what you do when you are told what to do. The job is showing up at the factory, following instructions, meeting spec, and being managed.
Someone can always do your job a little better or faster or cheaper than you can.
The job might be difficult, it might require skill, but it's a job.
Your art is what you do when no one can tell you exactly how to do it. Your art is the act of taking personal responsibility, challenging the status quo, and changing people.
I call the process of doing your art 'the work.' It's possible to have a job and do the work, too. In fact, that's how you become a linchpin.
The job is not the work. — Seth Godin

L.A. Woman is amazing, but when I was growing up I was into the Who. — Bruce McCulloch