Presence Fortin Quotes & Sayings

The two main hazards of psychoanalysis: that it might fail, and that if it succeeds, you'll never be able to forgive yourself for all those wasted years. — Mignon McLaughlin

Companies are getting bitten by hiring a data scientist who isn't really a data scientist. — Anthony Goldbloom

The elixir of life, the philosopher's stone
is yours if you surrender
sterile logic, trivial reason. — Hilda Doolittle

It's very difficult to find the time or the money for people to organize rehearsals for some movies. It staggers me how little preparation often goes into these scenes which are difficult and complicated. You think, "God, it's crazy. I've never met this person before and here I am having to work at how to do a whole performance on the set." It was great to have a few days of just talking to Michael [Caine]and Daniel [Barber] and thinking about the characters and the relationship between them before we started shooting. — Emily Mortimer

In various and different circumstances certain objects and individuals are going to turn out to be vital. The wager of survival cannot, by its nature, reveal which, in advance of events. — Nadine Gordimer

That's the scandal of grace. It means that if you've been working hard to be right with God, then you've been wasting your time because God welcomes everyone - righteous and unrighteous alike. — Tim Chester

I appreciate everything that I have, versus taking it for granted. — Avril Lavigne

For those who confuse you, recognize that their confusion is theirs and your clarity is yours. — Barbara Marciniak

I'm the audience's representative on earth. — Michael Caine

You can't negotiate in public. People won't make concessions in public. They will do that in private. Like sausage making, you have to do it behind closed doors. — Jonathan Powell

At twenty a man is full of fight and hope. He wants to reform the world. When he is seventy he still wants to reform the world, but he know he can't. — Rodney Dangerfield

The soft-spoken words fell off the side of the bed, emptying to the floor like powder. — Markus Zusak

You must begin writing your life book. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Hamilcar maneuvered 40,000 of the rebels into a defile and blocked all exits so well that they began to starve. They ate their remaining captives, then their slaves; at last they sent Spendius to beg for peace. Hamilcar crucified Spendius and had hundreds of prisoners trampled to death under elephants' feet. The mercenaries tried to fight their way out, but were cut to pieces. Matho was captured and was made to run through the streets of Carthage while the citizens beat him with thongs and tortured him till he died.18 — Will Durant