Jean Wahl Quotes & Sayings

Bellatrix Black, which was connected by a double line to Rodolphus Lestrange. — J.K. Rowling

If you don't like your definition of 'good enough', then feel free to change that, but the goal before shipping is merely that. Not perfect. — Seth Godin

Sometimes I think my whole professional life has been based on this hunch I had, early on, that many people feel just as muddled as I do, and might be happy to tag along with me on this search for clarity, for precision. I love that aspect of writing. Nothing makes me happier than to hear a reader say: that's just what I've always felt, but you said it clearly. — Zadie Smith

TV always wants more people to be watching. — Aisha Tyler

Silence is a prince's friend, the captain had heard him tell his daughter once. Words are like arrows, Arianne. Once loosed, you cannot call them back. — Anonymous

Blocking and countering like they do in the films doesn't work, so don't bother trying. — Geoff Thompson

Big plays are such a huge factor in the outcome of games. It is so difficult to go the distance on a defense. — Mike McCarthy

It is so important to see that we are all converted, that we have in our hearts a conviction concerning this great work. It is not a matter of the head only. It is a matter of the heart. It is being touched by the Holy Spirit until we know that this work is true, that Joseph Smith was verily a prophet of God, that God lives and that Jesus Christ lives and that they appeared to the boy Joseph Smith, that the Book of Mormon is true, that the priesthood is here with all of its gifts and blessings. — Gordon B. Hinckley

I didn't think I had anything left to lose, but I do. You always have something left to lose. Until, of course, you die. — Allie Condie

First we had the land and they had the Bibles, now we have the Bibles and they have the land — Chief Dan George

Phrases are pebbles that the writer tosses into the reader's soul.
The diameter of the concentric waves they displace depends on the dimensions of the pond. — Nicolas Gomez Davila

Nobody likes having a problem, but having a convoluted, bureaucratic one is even more galling. — David Sedaris