Madayne Quotes & Sayings

Every leader has authority over arenas in which he has little or no competence. When we exert our authority in an area where we lack competence, we can derail projects and demotivate those who have the skills we lack. — Andy Stanley

People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them. — Flannery O'Connor

All individual thought is dissolved in universal thought, as all form is dissolved in the universal plastic means of Abstract-Real painting. — Piet Mondrian

There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts, words and actions, of which we take far too little account. — J.C. Ryle

December 1931 was drawing to a close and Hollywood was aglow with Christmas spirit, undaunted by sizzling sunshine, palm trees, and the dry encircling hills that would never feel the kiss of snow. But the "Know-how" that would transform the Chaplin studio in the frozen Chilkoot Pass could easily achieve a white Christmas. In Wilson's Rolls-Royce convertible, we drove past Christmas trees heavy with fake snow. An entire estate on Fairfax Avenue had been draped in cotton batting; carolers straight out of Dickens were at its gate, perspiring under mufflers and greatcoats. The street signs on Hollywood Boulevard had been changed to Santa Claus Lane. They drooped with heavy glass icicles. A parade was led by a band blaring out "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," followed by Santa driving a sleigh. But Hollywood granted Santa the extra dimension of a Sweetheart and seated beside him was Clara Bow (or was it Mabel Normand?) — Anita Loos

A field of scarlet with nine hanged men in black and six yellow daggers in the upper left and lower right quadrants, respectively, while the upper right quandrant featured a shattered skull and the lower left boasted a bird astride a severed head. It might have been a raven. Or an eagle. — Glen Cook

For the right guy, a girl doesn't need extravagance. Just sincerity ~Jolie — Ronie Kendig

One catastophe at a time..."

Me — Birgit Von Schondorf

Hot damn, Diego Santero looked fine soaking wet. Everything about him radiated potent masculinity, from the slick, dark hair that drew emphasis to the angles of his cheeks and jaw, to the water beading off his forearms and the soaked black shirt and cargo pants that clung to every curve of muscle and flesh below. — Melissa Cutler

A government is a band of hypnostists, they hate people who open their eyes during session — Bangambiki Habyarimana

Players who are committed to the team first will find a way to help when things are going bad, they will do whatever it takes. Kids that are more into themselves will not do that. They will take care of themselves and get more individual when things are tough. — Dick Bennett

I'll always try to follow my heart into things I love, and modelling is not something I'm dreaming of pursuing forever. — Lily Cole

I am a great realist in all aspects of life. Whatever I can do ... here it is. — Olga Korbut

Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion. — Walter Jon Williams

The question concerning Jesus: do you want to know the real story, or just the allegory? — Eli Of Kittim