Periscent Quotes & Sayings

Surely no child, and few adults, have ever watched a bird in flight without envy. — Isaac Asimov

CONFEDERATE GIRL'S DIARY By — Sarah Morgan Dawson

I do teach fiction and non-fiction, and usually I'm interested in works that confuse genre, but I'm very new to teaching creative writing, I don't have an MFA, or a PhD, I tend to approach it just through my own practice. — Kate Zambreno

I used to get upset by people not understanding me, but I've made a career out of it now. — Ozzy Osbourne

Basically, I don't like anybody. — Brantt Myhres

What I care about is maximum information. — Brian Kilmeade

Despite all the other factors that had contributed to my fate, in the end it was my decision that destroyed my life. And all the hurt I was enduring now was my doing. The blame rested solely with me. — Brodi Ashton

Where one person sees a crisis, another can see opportunity. Where one is blinded by success, another sees reality with ruthless objectivity. Where one loses control of emotions, another can remain calm. Desperation, despair, fear, powerlessness - these reactions are functions of our perceptions. You must realize: Nothing makes us feel this way; we choose to give in to such feelings. Or, like Rockefeller, choose not to. And it is precisely at this divergence - between how Rockefeller perceived his environment and how the rest of the world typically does - that his nearly incomprehensible success was born. — Ryan Holiday