Leonard Calvert Quotes & Sayings

Thus I live in the world rather as a Spectator of mankind, than as one of the species, by which means I have made myself a speculative statesman, soldier, merchant, and artisan, without ever meddling with any practical part of life. — Joseph Addison

Th' longest lane will have a turning ... — Elizabeth Gaskell

My advice to new artists is to embrace a broader concept of timelessness than vintage or retro. — Brandi Carlile

vigorously than she had intended at a pile of potatoes — J.K. Rowling

You get on the radio by writing your own songs. But we had the dilemma of not being able to play anywhere because we weren't able to play anything that anyone wanted to hear. So we learned songs that we thought that we could do without puking. — Wayne Kramer

I should have written books instead of reading them. — Alan Lightman

What is boredom? Endless repetitions, like, for example, Navidson's corridors and rooms, which are consistently devoid of any Myst-like discoveries thus causing us to lose interest. What then makes anything exciting? Or better yet: what is exciting? While the degree varies, we are always excited by anything that engages us, influences us or more simply involves us. In those endlessly repetitive hallways and stairs, there is nothing for us to connect with. That permanently foreign place does not excite us. It bores us. And that is that, except for the fact that there is no such thing as boredom. Boredom is really a psychic defense protecting us from ourselves, from complete paralysis, by repressing, among other things, the meaning of that place, which in this case is and always has been horror. — Mark Z. Danielewski

For me an unfavorable initial reaction happens fairly often. For some reason the more time that elapses after the film opens, the more favorable the reviews become. — Alain Resnais

I will be steel!
I will build a steel bridge over my need!
I will build a bomb shelter over my heart!
But my future is a secret.
It is as shy as a mole. — Anne Sexton

I love round people, I love skinny people. I love people in general; we've got to get past labels and stop being so critical about everything. — David Arquette

Our lives depend on recognizing that human cloning, like all forms of 'playing God,' is a moral, life-promoting endeavor. — Alex Epstein

Most poets in their youth begin in adolescent sadness. I find it more rewarding to end in gladness. — James Broughton

I was shopping with my mother in 2006 and saw that there was a model casting going on. A couple of months later, I was one of the fifteen finalists in an international contest. — Sigrid Agren

I've always said if somebody wrote a book and they took their whole life to learn that knowledge in that book, why you won't just read that book to learn what they know? I have never seen anyone take a book combining Faith, personal Development and life stories that are just so practical and relatable to our own generation. — Jeff Olson

If there were not a time frame on earth, the devil could have become an eternal lord on earth. — Sunday Adelaja