Mcclamrock Northpoint Quotes & Sayings

Fortune confounds the wise,
And when they least expect it turns the dice. — John Dryden

Take the ideas of the masses (scattered and unsystematic ideas) and concentrate them (through study turn them into concentrated and systematic ideas), then go to the masses and propagate and explain these ideas until the masses embrace them as their own — Mao Zedong

I do feel like the world is a better and happier place now that my son is here. That's so cliche, but it's true. I just have a new perspective; I'm more driven. Also, the thing that stands out to me is that I'm not as selfish. Before you have a child, you're doing everything for yourself. But now it's about what's best for him, and I'm enjoying that shift. — Tia Mowry

People are conditioned to just you know, like, you know we're like little birdies going to the bird feeder you know, or the little cows going to the salt lick. We just like what we've seen before. — Ethan Hawke

Today a picture has value if it makes a lot of money. Myself, I declare I want to make a picture to lose money. Really! I want to lose money. — Alejandro Jodorowsky

But who, alas! can love, and then be wise? — George Gordon Byron

Just before reaching the station, he turned into a bar — Haruki Murakami

If you could count the skeletons in my closet, under my bed and up under my faucet, then you would know I've completely lost it. Is he nuts? No he's insane! — Eminem

Even if your novel occurs in an unfamiliar setting in which all the customs and surroundings will seem strange to your reader, it's still better to start with action. The reason for this is simple. If the reader wanted an explanation of milieu, he would read nonfiction. He doesn't want information. He wants a story. — Nancy Kress

If you're a thief, don't complain about being robbed. — Brandon Stanton

You thought I was so toppy I wouldn't bottom?" He laughed and bit the place he'd been kissing. "Honey, I can drive from anywhere. — Heidi Cullinan

World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into. — Harry Browne