Precipitant Quotes & Sayings

And speaking of options ,these kids [the ones who attend elite universities] have all been told that theirs are limitless. Once you commit to something, though, that ceases to be true. A former student sent me an essay he wrote, a few years after college, called "The Paradox of Potential." Yale students, he said, are like stem cells. They can be anything in the world, so they try to delay for as long as possible the moment when they have to become just one thing in particular. Possibility, paradoxically, becomes limitation. — William Deresiewicz

Look, I've got more personalities than I can use already. All you are is one too many. — Philip Roth

I'm sorry if any of you are catholic. I'm not sorry if you're offended, I'm actually just sorry by the fact that you're catholic — Bill Hicks

There are a lot of technical studio things I've learned or figured out, and I feel like I could use those things to help other people with what they're doing. — Beck

A step towards complacency is a step towards mediocrity;
a step towards diligence is a step towards brilliance. — Matshona Dhliwayo

It's good to have you back in town, Bonnie Blue. — Cat Johnson

Why not, if it feels good and someone offers? However, fucking wise? As of a few days ago, I just want one thing, and since he hasn't punched me in the face yet, I'm thinking I may have a shot at it. — Ella Frank

And that sometimes, just sometimes, it is the light reflected off of polished steel that can keep the shadows at bay. — Jason L. McWhirter

When there is, love life gets better. — Jon Jones

There is but one step from the grotesque to the horrible, — Arthur Conan Doyle

Which do you hate more: breaking your word or dying?"
"I don't know. I've never done either. — Gerald Morris

I was just thinking about me having children. Or being a grandma!" She giggled. "Think I'll be fat and have gray hair?"

"I sure hope so," her father said, laughing himself. — Sharon M. Draper

Whether you are possessed of a simple heart or the ambitions of an Amazon, whether you are trying to make it to the top or just make it through tomorrow, whether you be spicy or somber, regal or roughshod - the Wild Woman belongs to you. She belongs to all women. To — Clarissa Pinkola Estes