Ljk Setright Quotes & Sayings

It's east to start a war in any country — Hermann Goring

Enormity of the stakes became the new self-hypnosis. — Barbara W. Tuchman

Whatever everyone else was not, I was willing to be. — David Levithan

In my model, important interference phenomena arise when individual strata come into contact. These chaotic fluctuations are, I suppose, what my music is really 'about.' — Brian Ferneyhough

There are no absolute rules when it comes to success. It is not a case of you either are one or you are not. Success is something everyone must measure for themselves. Success is making the most of what you have, and who you are. To the best of your abilities regardless of what others think or say. — J.W. Lord

Even though many people prove to be ungrateful, do not let that stop you from benefiting others-for not only is beneficence in itself a noble and almost divine quality, it may also happen that while you practice it, you will encounter someone so grateful that he will make up for all the others' ingratitude. — Francesco Guicciardini

Many of those who scoff at the trustworthiness of the Bible do so completely overlooking the fact that thousands of archaeological discoveries have affirmed the historical reliability of the Bible. — Charlie Campbell

If you have these two things - the willingness to change, and the acceptance of everything as it comes, you will have all you need to work with. — Charlotte Selver

How do you rate works of genius? Partly by personal inclination, partly by accepted wisdom, partly by popularity. — Robert Gottlieb

So the problem for the poetic artist or the photographer is the common problem of continuous attentiveness, continuous attempts to notice what he is noticing, continuous alertness to catch himself thinking or seeing, devotional attentiveness to the world he's moving through. — Allen Ginsberg

When I'm having trouble I write by hand. There is some connection between the mind and the fingers that draws out words. — Sophy Burnham

I miss being governor. — Jeb Bush

Love is not, anywhere, taken seriously. It's not respected. It's the one thing in the world everyone wants, but for some reason people are obliged to pretend that love is trifling and foolish. — Carol Shields

She is not a bulldog, only a woman pressed into the shape of a small jar, possibly attempting to dance in there. It shows in the way she places a seashell on a window sill, a red-painted chair in the corner: she is practiced in the art of creating a still life and taking up residence inside it. — Barbara Kingsolver