Leveen Quotes & Sayings

I know Verona as I do my own body. — Lois Leveen

Plan to the extent that feels right to you at a particular time in your life, but always be open to serendipity. — Steve Leveen

The only realism in art is of the imagination. — William Carlos Williams

Well, acting itself is a form of rebellion, always. Getting up there in front of people, telling stories - you're kind of going against the grain to begin with, wanting to do that, don't you think? Why else would you do it? Except maybe as kind of a way to affirm your very existence. — John Cusack

Perspective is a kind of mental sunblock that, provided we apply it properly, prevents us from getting burned by past mistakes. — Steve Leveen

I completely forgot about the pizza until the cops showed up. — Tom Leveen

Whoa, hello, assertiveness! How lovely to make your acquaintance. — Tom Leveen

In our land of opportunities and distractions, it's hard to devote our attention to the quiet pleasures of reading. It's as if we live our lives in a noisy restaurant and can't have the intimate conversation we most yearn for. — Steve Leveen

I'm imagining that paper books will evolve to become something akin to candles we have them in our homes and cherish their light but don't light our homes with them. Readers of Lincoln's era would likely be surprised at how well-lit our homes are and I think it's likely that we will be surprised at how well-read future book readers will be. — Steve Leveen

Fuck that!" My turn to drop the scroll-case as though it were hot. " ... your stewardness."
"'Highness' is the correct form of address when the steward is of noble birth ... if we're being formal, Jalan."
"Fuck that, your highness. — Mark Lawrence

I might have become a millionaire, but I chose to become a tramp. — John Muir

If the world is so cruel you are frightened of it, I will hold you, and protect you, and teach it to love you as I already love you. — Lois Leveen

Friends are how God apologizes for your family.
Mike — Tom Leveen

Book love is something like romantic love. When we are reading a really great book, burdens feel lighter, cares seem smaller, and commonplaces are suddenly delightful. You become your best optimistic self. Like romantic love, book love fills you with a certain warmth and completeness. The world holds promise. — Steve Leveen

To live fully your well-read life -at any age- it is essential to take your selection of books seriously. When you drift from book to book, you're lulled into thinking that this lack of focus is right and natural - but it's as wrong as can be. Some serendipity in your reading is delightful, but if you wanted to build a house, would you wait for the materials to assemble themselves? - Steve Leveen — Pat Williams

God never jests with us, and will not compromise the end of nature, by permitting any inconsequence in its procession. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

You're damn skippy I am. — Tom Leveen

Don't let your mouth write checks your heart can't cash, — Tom Leveen

John Armato, a Public relations executive, cherishes his growing Library of Candidates. When people ask him if he's actually read all those books, he asks them if they've actually eaten all the food in their kitchen. "It is good to put up a supply of books; it increases the odds that you'll have what you want when you're hungry for it," he says — Steve Leveen

Cop-out excuses and catch-phrase dismissals can only work so long before the holes in the religious argument cannot be ignored any longer. — Steve Dustcircle

Albus Dumbledore had gotten to his feet. He was beaming at the students, his arms opened wide, as if nothing could have pleased him more than to see them all there.
"Welcome!" he said. "Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts! Before we begin our banquet, I would like to say a few words. And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!"
"Thank you!"
He sat back down. Everybody clapped and cheered. Harry didn't know whether to laugh or not.
"Is he - a bit mad?" he asked Percy uncertainly.
"Mad?" said Percy airily. "He's a genius! Best wizard in the world! But he is a bit mad, yes. Potatoes, Harry? — J.K. Rowling

How much easier it is to be poor than rich. — Lois Leveen

The point of reading is not reading but living. Reading helps you live with greater appreciation, keener insight and heightened emotional awareness. — Steve Leveen

There's no way we can get to the bottom of Benghazi without David Petraeus. — Trey Gowdy

A library is a fueling station for your mind. — Steve Leveen

Religion gets its morality from us. We don't get our morality from religion. — Christopher Hitchens

Grace. Loss. Fortune. Hardship. Victory. Sometimes the worst seat is best seat in the house and it comes as a result of leading. — Dan B. Allender

I sometimes think that theatre is a torture. — Juliet Stevenson

Not guilty doesn't mean you're innocent. — Tom Leveen

I'm the girl nobody knows until she commits suicide. Then suddenly everyone had a class with her. — Tom Leveen

A good rock band is like a great lover. Their rhythms simultaneously jolt and calm you. They know when and where to tease you to make it feel the best, how to draw from you the ultimate pleasure. — Tom Leveen