Imetrik Quotes & Sayings

Govern your temper, which will rule you unless kept in subjection. — Horace

The most difficult times for many of us are the ones we give ourselves. — Pema Chodron

The luxury of age was the giving up of vanity. — Colum McCann

Apple is a wonderful company for its customers and investors. So, too, Pixar. (NeXT, not so much ... ) But Apple is also an engine of misery for its subcontracted Chinese workers. — Eric Alterman

Be able to blow out a dinner candle without sending wax flying across the table. — Marilyn Vos Savant

Some are filled with a compelling urge, a temptation that recycles in the mind, perhaps to become a habit, then an addiction. We are prone to some transgression and sin and also a rationalization that we have no guilt because we were born that way. We become trapped, and hence comes the pain and torment that only the Savior can heal. You have the power to stop and to be redeemed. — Boyd K. Packer

Hey, if something is making you feel good, and it's not hurting anyone else, does it really matter if others believe? — Jenna Morasca

When I was younger, I was told that there is too much inside me. That I have feelings where others have bone. At the age of seven, a doctor tapped inside my head and asked, "Do you choke on memories from time to time? Do you cry for no good reason at all? Do words take a hammer to your head and crack your skull?" Yes, yes, yes, I nodded. "Then you've definitely got them," he said, as he checked off a box on his list. "Too many feelings. What a shame. Try not to keep them inside or you'll drown. — Lora Mathis

I'm sure I have a process, but it mostly takes place in my dreams. — William H. Macy

Protestant parents still keep a Bible handy in the house, so that the children can study it, and one of the first things the little boys and girls learn is to be righteous and holy and not piss against the wall. They study those passages more than they study any others, except those which incite to masturbation. Those they hunt out and study in private. — Mark Twain

The second I finish shooting something, I know I could have done it better if we started right then. — Geena Davis

There is an element of autobiography in all fiction in that pain or distress, or pleasure, is based on the author's own. But in my case that is as far as it goes. — William Trevor

There's very little to be said for learning a piece note by note, reading the rhythmic markings, practising the fingerings and following your instructor's suggestions, if you haven't any idea how the music will eventually sound and feel. If you learn a piece mechanically, you may have to 'unlearn' it before you can play it with expression and feeling. — Barry Green

I tend to latch on to things and not let go. — Damien Chazelle

When I meet a man, I am not concerned about his opinions. I am concerned about the man. — Martin Buber