Joe Turkel Quotes & Sayings

Ten years from now, make sure you can say that you CHOSE your life, you didn't SETTLE for it. — Mandy Hale

The owner of the Agut d'Avignon had the air of a 1920s dandy who had ruined himself with one mad night of gambling at baccarat and had only been saved by this restaurant, which he seemed to cherish as if it were his wife or a good fountain pen. — Manuel Vazquez Montalban

On pavements and the bark of trees I have found whole worlds. — Mark Tobey

Sappho survives, because we sing her songs; And Eschylus, because we read his plays! — Robert Browning

I despair of persuading people to drop the familiar and comforting tactic of dichotomy. Perhaps, instead, we might expand the framework of debates by seeking other dichotomies more appropriate than, or simply different from, the conventional divisions. All dichotomies are simplifications, but the rendition of a conflict along differing axes of several orthogonal dichotomies might provide an amplitude of proper intellectual space without forcing us to forgo our most comforting tool of thought. — Stephen Jay Gould

The message is that if you believe in what you create, it's enjoyable and people will follow. The talented mangaka should know that; otherwise, no one would read or enjoy it. So believe in yourself. Believing in yourself is important. — Tite Kubo

Just read The Virtue of Minding Your Own Business. Oh my, what currents run deep! Beautifully seen, beautifully told. Praise praise praise ... Pardon my French, but you are one darn major American writer!
Richard Bach, author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull and Illusions, on Sandcastle and Other Stories — Richard Bach

Wonder is an open heaven to wisdom. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I won't be satisfied until I've put the entire security industry out of work. — Daniel J. Bernstein