Isner Quotes & Sayings

My grandma has said many of the things her character says. But she was much nicer! I made her meaner for dramatic purposes. — Nicole Holofcener

History has neither the venerableness of antiquity, nor the freshness of the modern. It does as if it would go to the beginning ofthings, which natural history might with reason assume to do; but consider the Universal History, and then tell us,
when did burdock and plantain sprout first? — Henry David Thoreau

No biologist has actually seen the origin by evolution of a major group of organisms. — G. Ledyard Stebbins

Time is a strange thing. It is a whimsical tyrant, which in every century has a different face for all that one says and does. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

It's just simple: just keep fighting and keep believing, try not to show weakness out there. — John Isner

Yea, I had a dream too. Looks like mine came true. — Zach Braff

I told myself, 'When I grow up, I want to make pictures that can inspire and nourish people.' Immediately, when I was 10, I started photographing nature. I built a darkroom. My first really good darkroom, not just down in the cellar, was when I was 14. — Bill Atkinson

As a kid, I was a little self-conscious because I was so much taller than everyone. A bad habit of mine used to be slouching. Eventually, I realized my height was something I couldn't control, so I might as well accept it. I've certainly turned it into a positive, because without my height I probably wouldn't be as good of a tennis player. It's a gift, and I've made something of it. — John Isner

It was a place of sin, loose women, whiskey and gambling. It was no place for a good Presbyterian, and I did not long remain one. — Mark Twain

It was the lack of a clear reason that got to her most, & it stabbed her that a relationship that had once seemed unbreakable could slip apart so easily due to nothing more than time, family turmoil, & growth spurts. — Dennis Lehane

Many Christians miss out on God encounters because they are satisfied with good theology. — Bill Johnson

My quest is that every school day, every class, every lesson would be a form of sponsored mobility, and that every child would have the options and opportunities that history has so often closed off. — Teresa D. Hill

I eventually made the reunion with my father that I'd used as a default daydream throughout my childhood, but by then, we'd both outgrown the only relationship we could have had to each other. I was over 30 by the time I met him again and no longer needed a father. — Mona Simpson

To take pressure off myself, I realize how fortunate I am to be playing a sport for a living. If I take that mentality onto the court, there shouldn't be any pressure because I'm already fortunate to do what I do. — John Isner

For me, writing historical fiction is all about finding a balance between reading, traveling, looking, imagining, and dreaming. — Anthony Doerr

I was never pegged to be the next great American tennis player by any means. I wasn't a prodigy. I'm a late bloomer. Whatever happens, I'm proud of what I've done. — John Isner

I won't be turning into Novak anytime soon. — John Isner

Each day is filled with beautiful splendid. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors. — Karin Slaughter