Mehner Weiser Quotes & Sayings

Failures, repeated failures, are finger posts on the road to achievement. One fails forward towards success. — C.S. Lewis

I hear the howl of the wind that brings
The long drear storm on its heavy wings. — William C. Bryant

Eyeglasses had been in use since the turn of the century, allowing old people to read more in their later years and greatly extending the scholar's life of study. The manufacture of paper as a cheaper and more plentiful material than parchment was beginning to make possible multiple copies and wider distribution of literary works. — Barbara W. Tuchman

Fantasy is, at its best, the purest access to storytelling that we have. It universalizes a tale, it evokes wonder and timeless narrative power, it touches upon inner journeys, it illuminates our collective and individual pasts, throws a focus beam on the present day, and presages the dangers and promises of the future. — Guy Gavriel Kay

I'm my own severest critic, and I realize when I make mistakes. — Luis Suarez

If left unattended by nonvigilant citizens, the freedoms of democracy can be lost to an all-powerful state, and citizens can become transformed into subjects of the government they failed to keep in check. — Christine Barbour

Music is the only religion that delivers the goods. — Frank Zappa

And I twisted it wrong just to make it right
Had to leave myself behind — Ben Folds

I don't ever want to make the mistake of needing him as much as or more than he needs me. But there's no denying that sometimes, when we sleep together in the dark cavern of the bottom bunk, his big brother thrashing around on top, the white noise machine grinding out its fake rain, the green digital clock announcing every hour, Iggy's small body holds mine. — Maggie Nelson

Better degrees don't automatically translate into better skills and better jobs and better lives. — Andreas Schleicher

It would figure the best looking guy on this ward is gay ... and he has a sexier than sin boyfriend ... I swear to God I'm going to turn into a man. It's the only way. — Crystal Rose

I think if you write music for soundtracks then sometimes you do something that you could never do if the film did not exist. — Claudio Simonetti