Ortmann Stair Quotes & Sayings

When you are not accepted, dare to be exceptional. — Johnnie Dent Jr.

The shadows of the tombstones in the graveyard stretched out long and violet, and the sound of the flies buzzed in my ears, louder than the ringing of the shots that still came - were coming closer - to the frail barrier of the dead. — Diana Gabaldon

As actors, we went where we wanted to, and the camera followed us: it was like having another person in the room. There was no formal structure to the process. It was very liberating. — Emily Watson

I prayed over and over again that God would spare me, not because I cared that much about my own life
but because I cared about hers. — Rachel Van Dyken

I take editing seriously. It's a joy to edit. I always hand a manuscript to several editors and can't wait to get back their notes and see what they've said. I don't criticize myself for making blunders here and there, because it's just natural. You write in chunks, and you may not remember that that sentence you wrote yesterday had the same word repeated three times. I do enjoy that. I love the feeling of repairing. Repairing is really nice. — Steve Martin

True philanthropy requires a disruptive mindset, innovative thinking and a philosophy driven by entrepreneurial insights and creative opportunities. — Naveen Jain

If men want sex they'll find it. — Cynthia Payne

Freedom of the press is the staff of life, for any vital democracy. — Wendell Willkie

You write a book, and after 50 pages you think it's about one thing, and then you write another hundred and you realize it's about something else, and then by the time you're done, you can look back and say, 'Oh, this is what it's about.' — Jami Attenberg

A pat on the back can often motivate more than currency notes! — Abhishek Ratna

Animals howl, he had been told, to declare their existence. — Dave Eggers

Gentle reader, I was born upon the water - not upon the salt and angry ocean, but upon the fresh and rapid-flowing river. — Frederick Marryat

Not that I have any little kids running around I need to keep away from the guns. I had any kids I'd get rid of the guns. Nothing more dangerous to the life of a child than a house full of firearms. Nothing more dangerous except maybe a parent. — Charlie Huston

Intentions count for far less than the consequences of the actions born from them. — Jim Butcher

Our planet's alarm is going off, and it is time to wake up and take action! — Leonardo DiCaprio