Iflyswa Quotes & Sayings

It's okay to be a blow stick. Sometimes we need to break before we glow. — Taylor Smith

At the end of a project I get very weird, you know, in my head because I'm not doing it. It's like an addiction. I have to do it. — Roberta Williams

Most every book I bring into the world is like birthing a baby; it's a lot of effort! — Barbara Kingsolver

Ambassadors are idiots who possess only one skill: outkowtowing one another at official functions. — David Mitchell

There's a very old recording maxim that goes, 'Distance makes depth.' I've used that a hell of a lot-whether it's tracking guitars or the whole band. People are used to close-miking amps, but I'd have a mic out around the back, as well, and then balance the two. Also, you shouldn't have to use EQ in the studio if the instruments sound right. You should be able to get the right tones simply with the science of microphone placement. — Jimmy Page

And yet he held his tongue, wanting his farewell with Marina to be peaceable, not out of any magnanimity, but so that after Tor ruined her - he felt confident Tor would ruin her - and she was once more alone, she would think of Lucy's graciousness and feel the long-lingering sting of bitter regret. — Patrick DeWitt

When we clearly realize that the source of disharmony and misery in the world is ignorance, we can open the door of wisdom and compassion. — Jack Kornfield

History would be far different
if we did not tend to hear God
most clearly when we think
He is telling us
exactly what it is
we want to hear — Madeleine K. Albright

Every essay - the subject matter of every essay - is ultimately about the essayist; him or herself. That ultimately, every essayist is writing about his or her view of the world. — Alan Lightman

Show me your dreams. Let me make them come true. — Elizabeth Lowell

There is nothing easy about becoming conscious. My own life was much easier before I knew about the deeper meaning of choice, the power of choice that accompanies taking responsibility. Abdicating responsibility to an outside source can seem, at least for the moment, so much easier. Once you know better, however, you can't get away with kidding yourself for long. — Caroline Myss

Champions don't give up; they get up! — Sanjo Jendayi