Norberto Fuentes Quotes & Sayings

One's past is not one's destiny, and it is self-serving to pretend that it is. If henceforth I were miserable, it would be my own fault: and I vowed never to waste my substance on petty domestic conflict. — Theodore Dalrymple

I kind of prefer to be sort of ahead of the pack checking things out, priming the canvas, if you will, for the younger guys that are going to come up and try to make their own statements about what they feel and what they have to contribute. — Christian Scott

Avoidable human misery is more often caused not so much by stupidity as by ignorance, particularly our ignorance about ourselves. — Carl Sagan

Not all games are innocent. Some come dangerously close to cruelty. — Elie Wiesel

The ways of living have been rendered vastly easier by a multitude of inventions, by the increasing wealth of the country, by better and more intelligent service; and yet life is by no means easier, but indeed hard. The demands on time, whether real or imagined, have increased in a greater ratio than the supply of facilities for answering them, and as the earth provokingly continues to revolve on its axis just as rapidly as of old, the days are never long enough for all the duties which they bring. — Anna Brackett

he was something of a looker. His hair dark and — Suzanne Collins

Too much trouble,' 'Too expensive,' or 'Who will know the difference' are death knells for good food ... Cooking is not a particularly difficult art, and the more you cook and learn about cooking, the more sense it makes. — Julia Child

Scared. That's good. A fine soldier is always scared. Makes you normal. It's how you respond to it that makes or breaks you. — James Dashner

Once we understand that what happens beyond our control may be just what we need, we see that acceptance of reality can be our way of participating in our own evolution. — David Richo

Keith, how does it feel to be a genius? — Miles Davis

I nodded, understanding nothing. — Dan Simmons

If you win through bad sportsmanship that's no real victory. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

Dreams, the veins of the universe. — Gwen Calvo

Focusing totally on technique, you lose the essence and power of simplicity ... The other extreme is just as bad; you see it in a lot of Modern works, where the concept is more important than the technique, resulting in very poor craftsmanship. — George L. Carlson