Lib Ration Sous Contrainte Quotes & Sayings

Writing is a concentrated form of thinking ... a young writer sees that with words he can place himself more clearly into the world. Words on a page, that's all it takes to help him separate himself from the forces around him, streets and people and pressures and feelings. He learns to think about these things, to ride his own sentences into new perceptions. — Don DeLillo

The most excellent Jihad is that for the conquest of self. — Muhammad

Someone now has to step up and take on the mantelpiece — Rio Ferdinand

Of course I am bland, she thought. You too would be bland if you grew up with one gas pump in front of the house and nothing else except a view that stretched over half the world. Landscape made me bland, bears poking in the garbage can stunted my individuality, as did plagues of horseflies, permafrost, wild-fire, and the sun setting like a bomb. So much sky makes one bewildered - which is the proper way to be. — Anne Enright

The more you remember, the more you are able to experience, the more you know, so to speak. And the more you know, the more you remember. It is a circle ... But remember, none of it has been exactly a drudge. I mean, you've loved all of it! Every last minute! Oh, it's delicious, this thing called life! It's a scrumptious experience, no? — Neale Donald Walsch

I'm not saying it's going to be easy. Nothing in life is easy. But that's no reason to give up. You'll be surprised what you can accomplish if you set your mind to it. After all, you only have one life, so you should try to make the most of it. — Louis Sachar

My name is Lithuanian. My father was born there, and he gave me a cool name. It's the Lithuanian national flower - looks like a weed, a little bit like me! - although in Spanish it means a 'route' or 'road,' and in Swedish it means 'square'. So, not quite so cool in those countries. — Ruta Gedmintas

Sports, politics, and religion are the three passions of the badly educated. — William H Gass

Surgery is a powerful placebo, perhaps the ultimate placebo. The effectiveness of a placebo is directly proportional to the impression it makes on the patient's subconscious mind. — John E. Sarno

For a man not to achieve the things he has an opportunity to do is such a waste of life. — Jake Simmons Jr.

It's important for us to be kind to other people and treat other people the way that we want to be treated. — Michele Bachmann

You cannot prove this in real time, but when economists 20 years from now write a book on the recovery, it may well be entitled, 'It could have been much better.' — Jamie Dimon

If you have poor management that's not doing the right job, you end up with unions filling the void and ... page after page of work rules and thicker and thicker contracts. — Eli Broad

What the eye does not see, the heart does not grieve over, does it? — Peter Shaffer