Oakes Ames Quotes & Sayings

Any person whom seeks to live a historical existence must devote their efforts to learning about the world, care about people and nature, and seek to express their thoughts in the artistic methodology most appropriate to their particular talent. A person cannot fake self-awareness or imitate an artistic nature. A person must honestly earn a heightened level of conscious awareness. — Kilroy J. Oldster

But then, as Myrina knew only too well, it is the loss of hope that kills the prey
the loss of will to keep struggling. — Anne Fortier

I went into college undeclared. I had no idea what I wanted to do, but I knew that music was obviously this central big important thing in my life that I was gonna keep doing. — Kina Grannis

The moon is essentially gray, no color; looks like plaster of Paris or sort of a grayish beach sand. — Jim Lovell

White angel wings, made up from thousands of short feathers, now surrounded him.

"Uh. Bird?" She pointed dumbly, unable to form a single coherent though more.
"Harpie." He gave her a glare that could have killed. — Constance Sharper

You can't have all the answers now or you could never grow from making a choice. If you want to grow, you must face adversity and make decisions without having all the answers. — Eric Buffington

If you can keep on trying after three failures in a given undertaking you may consider yourself a 'suspect' as a potential leader in your chosen occupation. If you can keep on trying after a dozen failures the seed of a genius is germinating within your soul. — Napoleon Hill

I woke up one day and realized I was a closet hetero — David Bowie

I didn't think that anything is beyond humor - not profane humor, but a good, honest approach to humor. — Mort Sahl

I never thought of myself as a king. People really want you to be their deity. They forget the fact that you are a person who has feelings and doubts. — John Gutfreund

I think this group of people came together in a way that they haven't before in 2007. I'm very optimistic we can do something ... I want to get there, I want to support this. — Sherrod Brown

We act as a conduit for the observers' unexpressed desires, the silent appreciation they may contain for anything; a lover, a river, a building even — Guy Mankowski

Assumptions are dangerous things. I like facts a lot better. — David Baldacci

Simple, yet effective! — Harry Styles

Don't think twice, it's alright. — Bob Dylan