Ivonne Ley Quotes & Sayings

She would hear the verbal balancing act: urgency mixed like gin amid the tonic of consideration. — Chris Bohjalian

The positive outlook that optimists project does not come from ignoring or denying problems. Optimists simply assume that problems are temporary and can be solved, so optimists naturally want more information about problems because then they can get to work and do something. Pessimists are more likely to believe that there is nothing they can do anyway, so what's the point of even thinking about it? — Rosabeth Moss Kanter

You've always been living on prospects; for my part, I'd rather have a mole-hill in possession than a mountain in prospect. — Maria Edgeworth

Of course, the entire effort is to put myself Outside the ordinary range Of what are called statistics. A hundred are killed In the outer suburbs. Well, well, I carry on. — Stephen Spender

When I'm in the studio, when I'm warm, when I'm what people call improvising, I feel a very special connection. I feel the most right. I don't want to become too mystic about this, but things feel as though they're in the best order at that particular moment. — Twyla Tharp

Futurism: This was a movement of intellectuals who wanted to replace tradition with the modern world of machinery, speed, violence, and public relations. It proves that we should be careful what intellectuals wish for, because we might get it. — Brad Holland

Our use of phrase 'The Dark ages' to cover the period from 699 to 1,000 marks our undue concentration on Western Europe ... — Bertrand Russell

You worry about hurting me, but you never seem to worry about me hurting you. And I'm the one with the killer touch. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

I want a girl with extensions in her hair,
Bamboo earrings, at least two pair,
A Fendi bag and a bad attitude,
That's all I need to get me in a good mood.
She can walk with a switch and talk with street slang,
I love it when a woman ain't scared to do her thing. — LL Cool J

Vast is the power of cities to reclaim the wanderer. — Sinclair Lewis

Her eyes flashed, hot and angry, like lightening cutting through a red sunset. — Tyffani Clark Kemp

The lost and found the Cause hath crowned, The Day of Days is here. — William Morris

Life often feels like a great pile of obligations, frustrations, and disappointments. But the Lord is there, always the same, His arms still outstretched. When we feel overwhelmed, we have to remember the peace He has spoken to us on previous occasions. His peace brings comfort and strength; the world cannot give that to us. — Kathleen H. Hughes

But the misfortune of speaking with bitterness is a most natural consequence of the prejudices I had been encouraging. There — Jane Austen

Life is but a continual succession of opportunities for surviving. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez