Insomniosin Quotes & Sayings

Eliot had no idea where he was going, but he'd read enough to know that a state of relative ignorance wasn't necessarily a handicap on a quest. It was something your dauntless questing knight accepted and embraced. You lit out into the wilderness at random, and if your state of mind, or maybe it was your soul, was correct, then adventure would find you through the natural course of events. It was like free association - there were no wrong answers. It worked as long as you weren't trying too hard. — Lev Grossman

Suddenly yearning had a flavor. It tasted like a king, a beautiful, frightening, infuriating man who flew into my life and began to free my words. — Amy Harmon

In nothing does man, with his grand notions of heaven and charity, show forth his innate, low-bred, wild animalism more clearly than in his treatment of his brother beasts. From the shepherd with his lambs to the red-handed hunter, it is the same; no recognition of rights - only murder in one form or another. — John Muir

Failure will not stop you if you are determined to succeed. — Jentezen Franklin

One of the great joys of my job is that you spend a huge amount of time investigating different areas of literature. — Stephen Daldry

If habits, lifestyles, or personalities are fruits, then the thoughts, words, or actions are seeds. Change your seeds and the fruits will change accordingly. This can a flow like this. Thoughts -> Words -> Actions -> Habits -> Character -> Destiny. — Ilchi Lee

To be depressed or neurotic is passive. It has happened to all of us; we are its victims, are we have no control over it. — William Glasser

You may as well bid an elephant fly in the air, as a covetous man live by faith. — Thomas Watson

I was on a very bumpy plane ride, an overnight flight. I was so miserable, and I pulled out 'David Copperfield,' and I forgot how scared and tired I was, and I thought, 'This is what reading should be.' I'm utterly transported out of my current situation. — Jennifer Egan

I think the best way to find out about something is to try to do it to the max. A lot of people take up a hobby or sport and then find an excuse not to carry on with it. Once I start something, I won't stop until I'm as good at it as I'll ever be. — Bruce Dickinson

Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing. — Alexander Hamilton

People say I'm henpecked. Well, let them say it. — Gordie Howe

I longed to fly. I was paid in flying lessons and, by the time I was 13, I'd logged 100 hours at the controls. — Kent McCord