Orsen Paxton Quotes & Sayings

People like me know that there is no magic. There is only the grind. Work looks like magic to those unwilling to do it. — David Wong

If we accord importance to the kind of portraits which surround us, it is because we fashion our lives according to their example, accepting aspects of ourselves if they concur with what others mention of themselves. — Alain De Botton

Could a dream kill a man? Could it strangle him where he sat sleeping? — Jedediah Berry

And the break would never come as long as fear can turn to wrath. — John Steinbeck

Danger hides in beauty and beauty in danger. — Belva Plain

The money can be a hindrance to someone like me because the danger is that you start thinking, 'Is that a $20 million take?' That kind of thing, and being self-critical. — Jim Carrey

When the end comes for us in life we will all be remembered by how much we loved. — Ron Baratono

If you aren't having impractical ideas, and dreaming impossible dreams, then you aren't reaching far enough, high enough, or deep enough! — Dixie Gillaspie

I'm always looking for cool stuff to do because that's what we're supposed to do, ya know? — Josh Homme

Burris answered with an obscenity, and suddenly he lunged at me. I saw him move a split second too late. He slammed me against the side of a building, cracking my head hard against the brick. With his right hand, he clamped my throat just below the Adam's apple and pincered hard. He was strong, even stronger than I expected, and he put his whole overdeveloped body into it. At the same time, he pinioned my left arm with his right shoulder and grabbed my right hand, just above the wrist, and jammed his right knee into the inside of my leg. Now I knew for sure he'd really been a Navy SEAL. He was doing everything by the book. Which was good, actually. — Joseph Finder

The intelligence failures with respect to Iraq were massive and have damaged our credibility around the world. — Carl Levin

No one ever comes back from the dead., no one ever enters the world without weeping; no one is ever asked when he wishes to enter life, no one is ever asked when he wishes to leave. — Soren Kierkegaard

Poetry is like a beef bouillon cube; it's hardly ever needed (or perhaps never needed at all); it sits in its precious wrapper, well out of view, until everyone has forgotten it's there. — Joe Wenderoth

She became uncharacteristically silent, and I suppressed a chuckle. I knew exactly what Jax's body looked like. All of it. It didn't compare to Tristan's, but I could understand why Blossom would be impressed. The man-croc lacked nothing excpect hair — Kristie Cook

There is nothing else for people to do. They do not think. They feel no passion, no hatred, no sadness; they feel nothing but fear, and a desire to control. So they watch, and poke, and pry. — Lauren Oliver