Penwarden Appraisals Quotes & Sayings

In order that our art may arrive at the degree of the sublime which I demand and hope for, it is imperative for dancers to divide their time and studies between the mind and the body, and that both become the object of their application; but, unfortunately, all is given to the latter and nothing to the former. The legs are rarely guided by the brain, and, since intelligence and taste do not reside in the feet, one often goes astray. — Jean-Georges Noverre

Don't you think I have sense enough to worry about my motives for saying the prayer? That's exactly what's bothering me so. Just because I'm choosy about what I want - in this case, enlightenment or peace, instead or money or prestige or game or any of those things, doesn't mean I'm not as egotistical and self-seeking as everybody else. If anything, I'm more so! — J.D. Salinger

If a teenage guy tends to overreact when he fails, there is a pretty good chance he thinks his significance is based on success. — Andy Stanley

All literary style, especially national style, is made up of such coincidences, which are a spiritual sort of puns. That is why style is untranslatable ... — Gilbert K. Chesterton

Chase leaned on the table, staring Sammy straight in the eye. "If you ever, ever try to harm my mate again, in any way, no matter how indirectly, I will find you. — Zoe Chant

Many an attack of depression is nothing but the expression of regret at having to be virtuous. — Wilhelm Stekel