Longstone Quotes & Sayings

I want to convince you that these kinds of personal explanations of success don't work. People don't rise from nothing ... It is only by asking where they are from that we can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn't. — Malcolm Gladwell

I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown. — Homer

She wants to be flowers, but you make her owls. You must not complain, then, if she goes hunting. — Alan Garner

I don't want to be rude to the afflicted but Uncle Eddie is bald in a way which is the baldest I have ever seen. — Louise Rennison

Principle of Change #1: Discontent + Passion Drive Change — Brett Blumenthal

When daddies want to be left in peace, they don't pay too much attention to what you do — Gunilla Bergstrom

What's that old saying? "Advice is like opinions. Everyone's an asshole. — The Believer Magazine

Without hate no love exists,
Petra Hermans
A better world — Petra Hermans

I'd rather say no and have said no and do say no often. I walk away from projects if it doesn't feel right; if it's not the right team of people pulling in together or if the script isn't right. It could be a great idea but the script doesn't work. — Blair Underwood

Old stories would tell how Weavers would kill each other over aesthetic disagreements, such as whether it was prettier to destroy an army of a thousand men or to leave it be, or whether a particular dandelion should or should not be plucked. For a Weaver, to think was to think aesthetically. To act
to Weave
was to bring about more pleasing patterns. They did not eat physical food: they seemed to subsist on the appreciation of beauty. — China Mieville

Life is a blast when you know what you're doin',
Best to know what you're doin' 'fore your life get ruined.
Life is a thrill when your skill is developed,
If you ain't got a skill or trade, then shut the hell up. — Del Tha Funkee Homosapien

Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders. — Sloan Wilson

For original ideas to come about, you have to let them percolate under the level of consciousness in a place where we have no way to make them obey our own desires or our own direction. Their random combinations are driven by forces we don't know about. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

I didn't go to theater school. I didn't go to Julliard. But I've lived a lot. I've seen a lot. I feel like that makes up for a little bit. — Minka Kelly