Kirklands Mirrors Quotes & Sayings

The idea of becoming an entrepreneur is something that is not taught very well in school and is something that people should try to do earlier on. — Peter Thiel

A one-hundred-thousand-word novel might take a year or several years, and then you just come to 'The End' one day. But it takes hundreds of days to get to 'The End.' As a writer, you have to put in those hundreds of days. — Bob Mayer

Napoleon said of Massena, that he was not himself until the battle began to go against him; then, when the dead began to fall in ranks around him, awoke his powers of combination, and he put on terror and victory as a robe. So it is in rugged crises, in unweariable endurance, and in aims which put sympathy out of question, that the angel is shown. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I'm about to become a member of the Chemists Society of America. I'm very proud of that. — Victoria Principal

Many artists have said that when life itself becomes fully conscious, art as we know it will vanish. — Marilyn Ferguson

I don't believe in lecturing people. It's much more effective to present reading as a fun, rewarding pastime. — James Patterson

It's easier to control people when they're afraid. — David O. Russell

My table seats eight, so that's my maximum. Having a small number of guests is the only way to generate good conversation. Besides, your whole house doesn't get wrecked that way. — Paul Lynde

There are people who could watch a hurricane like Sandy blow out of the Atlantic every other day and blame it on anything but human activity. They are like those who, having been diagnosed with diabetes, eat donuts for breakfast. There's not much to do about them. — Michael Specter