Portavant Quotes & Sayings

If a character is going to end up one way, you start them a certain way. If they're gonna end up the polar opposite of that, you might start them differently to have dramatic integrity to their journey. — Neil Burger

Having nothing to struggle
against
they have nothing to struggle
for. — Charles Bukowski

Cool hands grasped my shoulders and tried to pull me away from Camdus, but I wouldn't have it. I was going nowhere. I clutched his shoulders, breathing him in. I was determined to stay with my husband no matter what. They would have to pry me away. And then someone did. — Courtney Cole

The first step is that the Cambodian government has expressed sincerity to apologize for what happened. — Thaksin Shinawatra

Spread the diaper in the position of the diamond with you at bat. Then fold second base down to home and set the baby on the pitcher's mound. Put first base and third together, bring up home plate and pin the three together. Of course, in case of rain, you gotta call the game and start all over again. — Jimmy Piersall

Your past is just that, the past, a place within your psyche with no more reality to it then the picture of a castle on a postcard is made from stone. — Guy Finley

My parents strapped a pair of plastic skis on my boots when I was two years old and sent me down our driveway in Vail. Of course, they were holding on to me the whole time, but that was my first experience 'skiing.' — Mikaela Shiffrin

The average Bhutanese knows much more about the world than the average American ... (for Americans)It is more comfortable to watch fake news about celebrities than to know what's happening in China or southern Sudan. But events happening in China or Sudan affect us so much more because they are real. — Linda Leaming

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. — Bertrand Russell

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get. — Frank A. Clark

Men take more pains to mask than mend. — Benjamin Franklin

Speaking idly, without first knowing the character and intentions of those I am conversing with, has cost me a great deal already. I will not speak arbitrarily again. What I have learned on my path is saved for my family and for those who, like us, have sought the answers out of a deeply-felt need to know the truth. — L.M. Browning