Maison Scotch Quotes & Sayings

Do not become a mere recorder of facts, but try and penetrate the mystery of their origin. — Ivan Pavlov

In the consumer culture of marriage, commitments last as long as the other person is meeting our needs. We still believe in commitment, because we know that committed relationships are good for us, but powerful voices coming from inside and outside tell us that we are suckers if we settle for less than we think we need and deserve in our marriage. Most baby boomers and their offspring carry in our heads the internalized voice of the consumer culture-to encourage us to stop working so hard or to get out of a marriage that is not meeting our current emotional needs. — William J Doherty

The follies which a man regrets most, in his life, are those he didn't commit when he had the opportunity. — Helen Rowland

From the necks up ... well, whoever said two heads are better than one never met a hydra. — Tera Lynn Childs

I minored in creative writing in college, and I've played with the idea of doing something more hybrid, but comics are my first love. — Gene Luen Yang

She found me intolerable. But she got to know me, and I wore her down. — Robert B. Parker

Raymond Chandler once wrote that Dashiell Hammett gave murder back to the people who really committed it. — James Ellroy

I don't think that digital photography is romantic yet. It's not sympathetic the way that film is. — Matthew Modine

Remember to avoid self-criticism about setbacks or obstacles that appear in the midst of your project. As management consultant Michael Durst says, "You may not be responsible for causing what happens to you, but you are responsible for what you do to correct it." This powerful message contains a crucial concept that many people miss: let go of worrying about the initial cause of the problem so that you can direct your energies to where they can do the most good - on the solution. — Neil A. Fiore

If voting wasn't important, why would they be spending so much time and so much energy trying to stop you from doing it? — Andrew Aydin

When I was eight years old, or I may have been younger, my aunt picked me up and threw me in the pool and I didn't know how to swim. It was like, "Conquer your fear and just get on with it." It must have made an impact on me. — Charisma Carpenter

You cannot tame a dragon with a history lesson. — George R R Martin

Joyce's writing in Dubliners contains some of the most unshowily beautiful sentences in the English language. I learned from him that if you write a good, clean line of English, you can get under a reader's skin. The reader won't even know why, but there you are. Didion, Berger, the many others I mentioned above, and many, many poets I haven't mentioned. Writers of this calibre are the moving targets the rest of us are always chasing. — Teju Cole