Penholdership Quotes & Sayings

The most compelling narrative, expressed in sentences with which I have no chemical reaction, or an adverse one, leaves me cold. — Jhumpa Lahiri

We run our schools like factories. We line kids up in straight rows, put them in batches (called grades), and work very hard to make sure there are no defective parts. Nobody standing out, falling behind, running ahead, making a ruckus. Playing it safe. Following the rules. Those seem like the best ways to avoid failure. — Seth Godin

All hail, Perseus Jackson," Tyson said. "Hero of Olympus ... and my big brother! — Rick Riordan

For ages past the Genius of Literature and the Genius of Art have walked together hand in hand. For the Goddess of letters is blind, and only she of Art can lend her sight. — Howard Pyle

If I'm going to be on national T.V. without my shirt on, I've got to look good. — Chord Overstreet

A few years ago, kids from poor areas in France were asked to draw items of food. For a chicken, they drew a drumstick. For a fish, they drew a fish stick. Those are extremes, but there is a lot that needs to be done to help children discover good food. — Joel Robuchon

that I realized that the blind old man who played the accordion on Main Street wasn't there anymore. He was gone. — R.J. Palacio

At 69, I got the girl! And it wasn't a 68-year-old girl, either. — Michael Caine

The most valuable form of discipline is the one that you impose upon yourself. Don't wait for things to deteriorate so drastically that someone else must impose discipline into your life. — Jim Rohn

Was he smart enough? Introspective enough? Was it just enough to love him, or should I attach myself to someone who seemed farther ahead of me, someone smarter and more ambitious than me, who'd be sure to carry me along into the version of adulthood I thought I should be striving for? — Caroline Knapp

I don't make myself disagreeable; it is you who find me so. Disagreeable is a word that describes your feelings and not my actions. — George Eliot

False hope is better than no hope at all. — Lois Greiman

Aging on camera is just very hard. I love my age. I feel good about myself but high definition television is not kind. You don't even look like yourself in high-def. It just makes every little line on your face more exaggerated so it ends up aging you. It's like you're watching yourself seven years older. — Lisa Edelstein

The first thing I went out for was 'The Sopranos' and I got it, so that's how it happened. I hate to say it like that because I wait for calls now. — Vanessa Ferlito