Leondis Blanton Quotes & Sayings

The only question is how to make love stay. — Tom Robbins

The idea that a poem was a made thing stayed with me, and I decided then that I wanted to be an artist, not just a diarist. So I put myself through a kind of apprenticeship in writing poetry, and I understood even then that my practice as a poet was deeply related to my reading. — Edward Hirsch

You love fear. The ending of fear is death, and you don't want that to happen. I am not talking of wiping out the phobias of the body. They are necessary for survival. The death of fear is the only death. — U.G. Krishnamurti

This is a hard land and the people are used to death. If I am to rule them, they must know that to face me is to be destroyed. They must be afraid, Chakahai. It is the only way. — Conn Iggulden

I have the modest goals of replacing the whole petrochemical industry. — Craig Venter

The inherent preferences of organizations are clarity, certainty and perfection. The inherent nature of human relationships involves ambiguity, uncertainty, and imperfection. How one honors, balances, and integrates the needs of both is the real trick of feedback. — Richard Pascale

You can't hack your destiny, brute force ... you need a back door, a side channel into Life. — Clyde DeSouza

Don't compromise even if it hurts to be yourself. — Toby Keith

I shit you not, it heard the plan — Pete Wentz

Pass down values every day through your actions, your words and your time with your kids. — Robert H. Frank

Sometimes, when one goes back to the scene of one's childhood, things seem smaller. What was mysterious and the sole province of adults suddenly seems commonplace and mundane when viewed with mature eyes. — Robin Hobb

How can you frighten a man whose hunger is not only in his own cramped stomach but in the wretched bellies of his children? You can't scare him
he has known a fear beyond every other. — John Steinbeck