Istopiko Quotes & Sayings

The zombies were like Canadians, in that they looked enough like real people at first, to fool you. — Kelly Link

I will only write the novel, if I can solve the crime — Andrew Hixson

Once you go pack, you never go back. — Kimberly Sabatini

I want to annihilate that man," her father growled. "He has taken my house. He has taken my drawings. I swear by all that is holy he is trying to take my daughter." At Libby's gasp, her father whirled to fix her with an angry glare. "Yes, my daughter! That man has more tricks up his sleeve than a traveling magician. Don't think he is fascinated by your charms, Libby. The man only wants to take whatever is mine. — Elizabeth Camden

Suddenly, Mr. Parker's shoulders drooped and he gave up, mumbling, Happy wife, happy life. — Cynthia Kadohata

It can hardly be pressed forcibly enough on the attention of the student of nature, that there is scarcely any natural phenomenon which can be fully and completely explained, in all its circumstances, without a union of several, perhaps of all, the sciences. — John Herschel

What has happened in the past is gone — Sunday Adelaja

If you change the atmosphere, You can change the outcome! — Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr.

Thoughts, words, emotions & deeds not coming from love are likely coming from fear. — Allan Lokos

Meditation is a practice that can teach us to enter each moment with wisdom, lightness, and a sense of humor. It is an art of opening and letting go, rather than accumulation or struggle. Then, even within our frustrations and difficulties, a remarkable inner sense of support and perspective can grow. — Jack Kornfield

Dreaming is another form of thinking, more concrete, more economical, more visual, and often more emotional than the thoughts of the day, but a thinking through of the day, nevertheless. — Siri Hustvedt

I don't care how inventive you are; once you introduce strings into the ensemble for a horror film, you're entering into a world where a tradition has been thoroughly established. So it's repeated use over the years is like, 'Oh God, another film with strings, another spooky movie with strings.' — Christopher Young

As for logical consequences, the "logic" is highly debatable. If you continually arrive late for my workshop, despite my warning that lateness is unacceptable, I may find it "logical" to lock you out of my classroom. Or perhaps it would be more "logical" to keep you locked in after class for the same number of minutes you were late. Or maybe my "logic" demands that you miss out on the snacks. As you may be starting to suspect, these are not true exercises in logic. They're really more of a free association, where we try to think of a way to make the wrongdoer suffer. We hope that the suffering will motivate the offender to do better in the future. — Joanna Faber

My purpose is to create music not for snobs, but for all people, music which is beautiful and healing. To attempt what old Chinese painters called 'spirit resonance' in melody and sound. — Alan Hovhaness

When the shadow of the Presidential and Congressional election is lifted we shall, I hope to be in a better temper to legislate. — James A. Garfield