Kirkaldy Quotes & Sayings

In all Works of This, and of the Dramatic Kind, STORY, or AMUSEMENT, should be considered as little more than the Vehicle to the more necessary INSTRUCTION. — Samuel Richardson

What you respond to in any work of art is the artist's struggle against his or her limitations — Kurt Vonnegut

You need to feel good about your life. Winning is a great idea, but you can get stuck in it too. It's just another way of looking at life, an idea. You need to renew yourself and your spirit. — Frederick Lenz

The time when most of you should withdraw into yourself is when you are forced to be in a crowd. — Epicurus

When Angelina was returned, she was embarrassed to confess and admit that she hadn't trusted her. "Why don't you go see her, Giovanna?" suggested Teresa softly. "I want to go for a walk. Can you finish — Laurie Fabiano

Maybe there are only so many faces in the world. You get old enough, you start seeing 'em used again. Craw — Joe Abercrombie

For 6,000 years, these rules have been unquestionably right. And yet we break them every day. People feel that something is wrong in life. There is some kind of atmosphere that makes people now turn to other values. They want to contemplate the basic questions of life, and that is probably the real reason for wanting to tell these stories. — Krzysztof Kieslowski

... there is nothing so tedious like the self-righteousness of a young man. — Arthur Hailey

If you have a strong opponent, a competition is stimulating. I am generally most open to ideas when I have had a bad result. In chess, too, players specialise. This specialty then becomes an entry barrier. — Viswanathan Anand

If you look at the average age of a company on the Dow Jones index, it's something like 35 years or younger. In other words ... success is no indication of longevity. — Simon Sinek

My secret is cool and mysterious like a jagged scar across my chest, and not dull and heavy like I gave up church buy not the angst. — J.C. Lillis

There's a whole language out there, and one's role as a writer is to stumble around in it. — Ciaran Carson

Because everyone is the same distance from the sun. Does it really lessen the distance if you live on top of a skyscraper? — Anthony De Mello

Have courage. It clears the way for things that need to be. — Laura Fitton

What I find daunting always is to stand on a stage and talk to people, whether they agree with me or not. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali