Kontroladong Quotes & Sayings

We sabotage our creative possibilities because the world revealed by our imagination may not fit well with the life we have taken so much trouble to construct over the years. Faced with the pain of that distance, the distance between desire and reality, we turn just for a moment and quickly busy ourselves. — David Whyte

The further one separates himself from the precepts of the Christian Church, the further one distances himself from the truth. Only God can create. I make music from music. — Igor Stravinsky

Sometimes I suspected Ryan was merely visiting the real world, on vacation from his permanent residence in la-la land. — Rachel Vincent

Not knowing whom to fall in love with is like not knowing which film to make next. Life is pretty chaotic; it's just an illusion that one has control over one's life. — Shekhar Kapur

I like L.A., but I think what's changed is that the kinds of films I do, the mid-range dramatic film, has become an endangered species. — Christopher Hampton

One night I was sitting on the bed in my hotel room on Buker Hill, down in the middle of Los Angeles. It was an important night in my life, because I had to make a decision about the hotel. Either I paid up or I got out: that was what the note said, the note the landlady had put under my door. A great problem, deserving acute attention. I solved it by turning out the lights and going to bed. — John Fante

When I was a young man, Dirac was my hero. He made a breakthrough, a new method of doing physics. He had the courage to simply guess at the form of an equation, the equation we now call the Dirac equation, and to try to interpret it afterwards. — Richard P. Feynman

If but a few live coals are found in a mountain of ashes, no one should be disappointed. Genius is a rare quality in this world, and there is no reason why it should be more ubiquitous among Blacks than Whites. — Wallace Thurman

Cats always land on their feet. Dogs don't. — Eloisa James

Everybody always talks about the pressure of playing at Wimbledon, how tough it is, but the people watching make it so much easier to play. — Andy Murray

If you have learnt enjoying life without purpose, like a flowing river, you have learnt the art of living. — Girdhar Joshi

Pondering over your actions is a practical way of helping yourself in the battle against sin. — Sunday Adelaja

I always grow poetic when I am lying to myself. — Ann VanderMeer

It is only when you take responsibility for your life that you discover how powerful you truly are — Allanah Hunt

God is gonna get ya — Michael Franzese