Quotes & Sayings About Nurturing Creative Minds

Life like two broken hands trying to pick flowers for someone you really like. — Sam Pink

I always feel bad laughing at people who act crazy. But sometimes the things they do are so damned funny. I wonder what I'd look like if I slipped a few notches on the mental-health index. — Martha Manning

in God's city, the inhabitants love people and walk on gold, while in man's city, the inhabitants love gold and walk on people. — Tullian Tchividjian

What? You think your White Knight's going to charge in and save the day? Not fucking likely. Nic's locked up far away from anywhere anyone would ever even think to look. And Dmitri knows all about Daniel. The only reason he's not strung up in a cave somewhere is because we don't want to call any more attention to ourselves. Daniel's out there hunting alone, and thanks to you his mind's jacked. He'll fold.
- Luc to Sarah. — Angela B. Wade

The only true immortality lies in one's children.
[Letter to his friend, Richard Heuberger] — Johannes Brahms

I had a job to do, and I did it all these years to the best of my ability. That's what I'd like to leave behind as I finish my final game in Toronto. — Ernie Harwell

The Son held up his hands. Luminescent, they seemed, as if dappled by autumn sun reflecting off a stream into shade. My grace flows from these as a river, wolf-lord. Would you have me dole it out in the exact measure that men earn, as from an apothecary's dropper? Would you stand in pure water to your waist, and administer it by the scant spoon to men dying of thirst on a parched shore? — Lois McMaster Bujold

Generally, I find that when you're writing and having fun with the writing, that energy and dynamism is going to come out in the text one way or another. — Daniel Alarcon

America's vulnerability comes precisely from its strength, its wealth, its power and its modernity. It's the usual story of the dog chasing its own tail. — Oriana Fallaci

The real thing is the heart, you know the heart shouldn't be covered with concrete. — Chuck D

Periods of cooperation between political parties shouldn't be taken for granted; they are a stunning human achievement. — Paul Bloom