Lipy Abt Quotes & Sayings

Ritual and myth are like seed crystals of new patterns that can eventually reshape culture around them. — Starhawk

I had found English audiences highly satisfactory. They are the best listeners in the world. Perhaps the music-lovers of some of our larger cities equal the English, but I do not believe they can be surpassed in that respect. — John Philip Sousa

But I think it's more normal for my team to have no success than it is to win two consecutive European cups. — Jose Mourinho

Subtle brain differences often cause people like me to respond differently - strangely even - to common life situations. Most of us have a hard time with social situations; some of us feel downright crippled. We get frustrated because we're so good at some things, while being completely inept at others. There's just no balance. It's a very difficult way to live, because our strengths seem to contrast so sharply with our weaknesses. "You read so well, and you're so smart! I can't believe you can't do what I told you. You must be faking!" I heard that a lot as a kid. — John Elder Robison

I love a challenge, and I think it's when people least expect you to do something that you often do your best. — Shayne Ward

The so-called Real World. Human misery and sadness. Blind politics and general cruelty. — Tanith Lee

Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers. — Christian Nestell Bovee

I had a stutter 'till ... I still do today. I just work on it a lot. I obsess, if you will, with it, but I stuttered throughout my childhood. — Nicholas Brendon

The thing about the state of hip-hop is that people are too concerned. I don't think that there's a problem with being too concerned about videogames, especially for me, because I'm not in the industry. I'm just a consumer. But hip-hop is constantly like, "What are you doing for the scene?" — Aesop Rock

If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates. — Howard Zinn