Libby Holden Quotes & Sayings

We talk religion in a world that worships the bread but does not distribute it, that practices ritual rather than righteousness, that confesses but does not repent. — Joan D. Chittister

One's only security in life comes from doing something uncommonly well. — Abraham Lincoln

Recording an album and doing it live are like two different animals. There are some people that are great singers live, horrible in the studio. — Frank Stallone

Circumstances of crimes vary. So do motives. And so do prospects for rehabilitation. The number of imponderables makes it impossible to sentence by formula and still sentence justly. — Robert Kennedy

I felt I really wanted to back off from music completely and just work within the visual arts in some way. I started painting quite passionately at that time. — David Bowie

And, because in some hard core of me, in some stubborn trench of selfish refusal, I could not, even at ten years of age, surrender to anything or anyone, I fought that pain. I analysed its offensive, and found its lines of attack. It festered, like the corruption in a wound turned sour, drawing strength from me. I knew enough to know the remedy. Hot iron for infection, cauterize, burn, make it pure. I cut from myself all the weakness of care. The love for my dead, I put aside, secure in a casket, an object of study, a dry exhibit, no longer bleeding, cut loose, set free. The capacity for new love, I burned out. I watered it with acid until the ground lay barren and nothing there would sprout, no flower take root. — Mark Lawrence

Does what happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforwardness? Nope. Then get back to work! Subconsciously, we should be constantly asking ourselves this question: Do I need to freak out about this? — Ryan Holiday

Of those who die from avoidable, poverty-related causes, nearly 10 million, according to UNICEF, are children under five. They die from diseases such as measles, diarrhoea, and malaria that are easy and inexpensive to treat or prevent. — Peter Singer

I wanted to grow in terms of making pictures, not adapting to new software and technology. But that's the game now. — Gregory Heisler

I think, being an actor, it's just a relief every time you get a part. — Jillian Bach

No friend ever served me, and no enemy ever wronged me, whom I have not repaid in full. — Sulla