Lodestones Quotes & Sayings

Life is a pressure cooker and whether you remain serene or become stressed-out depends on how you handle that pressure. — Kevin Leman

I love to watch cities wake up, and Paris wakes up more abruptly, more startlingly, than any place I know. — Bill Bryson

There is always an unconscious collaboration among artists ... the artist who imagine himself a Robinson Crusoe is either a primitive or a fool. — William Baziotes

Think of all the women you know who will not allow themselves to be seen without makeup. I often wonder how they feel about themselves at night when they are climbing into bed with intimate partners. Are they overwhelmed with secret shame that someone sees them as they really are? Or do they sleep with rage that who they really are can be celebrated or cared for only in secret? — Bell Hooks

It's hard to force creativity and humor. — Al Yankovic

No doubt, there are those who believe that judges-and particularly dissenting judges-write to hear themselves say, as it were, I I I. And no doubt, there are also those who believe that judges are, like Joan Didion, primarily engaged in the writing of fiction. I cannot agree with either of those propositions. — William J. Brennan

The prevailing view is that geniuses are largely built, not born. — David Brooks

When I'm playing best, I'm just thinking about the music, just interacting with what my bandmates are playing. — Greg Saunier

So I think writers are made and not born. But what you choose to write is buried so deeply inside it's like lodestones inside you and sooner or later you come near something that you're supposed to be doing with your life and it's like a magnet. It attracts. — Stephen King

It seems, captain, that as her power grows, her tolerance diminishes. They are like lodestones, pushing each other away. Does power not grant immunity? Does power not strengthen the armour; does power not find assurance in itself? Can it be that those who hold the most power also know the greatest fear? — Steven Erikson

I am magnetically drawn to images, whether they're paintings, photographs, film, or video. They are all lodestones of inspiration to me. — Twyla Tharp