Leidel Center Quotes & Sayings

Hunger is the best pickle. — Benjamin Franklin

It (Strayhorn's Compositions) made us all think a little differently about what we were doing — Benny Carter

We're all Running People, as the Tarahumara have always known. But the American approach
ugh. Rotten at its core. It was too artificial and grabby, Vigil believed, too much about getting stuff and getting it now: medals, Nike deals, a cute butt. It wasn't art; it was business, a hard-nosed quid pro quo. No wonder so many people hated running; if you thought it was only a means to an end
an investment in becoming faster, skinnier, richer
then why stick with it if you weren't getting enough quo for your quid? — Christopher McDougall

Writing is like a camera. You see the world from a different lens. — Robert Ahaness

I'm never going to be a skinny girl, which is good. That's just not my thing. It's more about health and truly being comfortable in your own skin. — Sara Rue

Some of us, regarding the ocean with understanding and affection, have seen it looking old, as if the immemorial ages had been stirred up from the undisturbed bottom of ooze. For it is a gale of wind that makes the sea look old. — Joseph Conrad

And though I remember her name I cannot recall her face. All things pass. — John Christopher

I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a person, both in and outside of the business. — Becki Newton

A kiss on the hand may feel very, very good, but a diamond and sapphire bracelet lasts forever. — Anita Loos

We can rest, because he worked. We can lay down our prideful busyness, because he laid down his life. We can keep coming back to him in the midst of our failures, because he keeps all his promises to us. — Kevin DeYoung

No matter how beautiful and loved a cover may be, the jury on it remains uncommitted until the book has been in the world for a while. Perhaps bookstore buyers will be indifferent. Perhaps it will be lost on store shelves. Perhaps there's another book or two out there using the same or a similar photo. — Nancy Werlin