Portales Quotes & Sayings

Self-improvement is generally a removal of a vice rather than an acquisition of a virtue. — Chris Matakas

When my world gets reset to zero, my starting post is blood. Specifically, the elements of it, the working compounds that make it what it is. Red cells, white cells, DNA, plasma full of proteins, enzymes, antibodies, minerals, electrolytes - all the things that when poked and prodded right tell you just about everything you want to know about a person. Fascinating stuff, and a little freaky, when you think about it. Blood was where I returned to after the accident that smashed my knee. It was where I went when I got out of prison. It was where I was when Mercy fell into my lap. Now it seemed, blood was my whole reason for being. — L.J. Hayward

As the archeology of our thought easily shows, man is an invention of recent date. And one perhaps nearing its end. — Michel Foucault

I still audition a lot and work really hard to get work. So I don't really walk around feeling like I've made it. My short term goals are really just to be creatively stimulated and to be excited about material I might be working on. — Olivia Thirlby

May we love each other not only at Christmas but all year. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I wouldn't want to do a whole movie with effects. — Stephen Dorff

My most fervent prayer is to be a President who can make it possible for every boy in this land to grow to manhood by loving his country
instead of dying for it. — Lyndon B. Johnson