Nora Desmond Quotes & Sayings

Another mistake will be to practice for the sake of the joy you find in it. Actually, when your practice is involved in a feeling of joy, it is not in very good shape either. Of course this is not poor practice, but compared to the true practice it is not so good. — Shunryu Suzuki

We are surrounded by God's benefits. The best use of these benefits is an unceasing expression of gratitude. — John Calvin

We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths. — Desmond Tutu

Writing for children isn't easy. Kids will abandon a story that doesn't interest, enchant, delight, thrill, or terrify them. But when you can find a way into a young reader's imagination through something as simple as words on paper, well, there's nothing more satisfying. — Kate Klise

New York is ultimately not the synthesis but merely the sum of its unfathomable subjectivities, its personal histories, its uncategorisable figures. — Jonathan Dee

It's never too late - not now, not ever - for you to pursue your passion. — Debbi Fields

Our society is changing so rapidly that none of us can know what it is or where it is going. — Edwin Land

If raising money is critical to getting reelected, so is spending taxpayers' money to reward those who help get us reelected. — Congressman X

I know that opposites attract, but who the hell wants to spend time with an opposite? — Brent Hartinger

You had a bet. You couldn't lose a bet. If you had a choice between me and winning, you'll choose winning every time. It's still true. — Jennifer Echols

I frantically opened my address book and searched it for someone, anyone, who'd moved me, who'd been good in both bed and brain. No. A slew of the so-so. — Maria Dahvana Headley

I think the best cure is to stop doing the thing that you think you should be doing and go and have a bit of fun in another medium, maybe other crazy things. — Bat For Lashes

Stories are flight simulators for our brains. — Chip Heath

We've got a major scandal with Clinton. Plus, Halloweens on a Saturday this year. — C. Sue Carter