Public Avalon Quotes & Sayings

So eager, Ms. Weaver. If I didn't know any better, I'd say you like the taste of me. — Pepper Winters

I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not work. — Vincente Minnelli

Directing attention toward where it needs to go is a primal task of leadership. — Daniel Goleman

We each project to others a reflection of the world which includes our choices of perception. — Bryant McGill

Amah was always wary of voicing misfortunes, fearing that to do so would only make them come true. — Yangsze Choo

People blanch to see "fish meal" or "meat meal" on a pet-food ingredient panel, but meal
which variously includes organs, heads, skin, and bones
most closely resembles the diet of dogs and cats in the wild. Muscle meat is a grand source of protein, but comparatively little else. — Mary Roach

We can do without things easier than we can do without people. — Nancy Grossman

If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right. — Mary Kay Ash

I cannot live without love. Love is at the root of my being. — Anais Nin

Oldtimers, weekends, and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they're successful. — Casey Stengel

Kissed me like he was a man starving for oxygen and I was the only air he needed to breathe. — J. Lynn

All wars are started by angry old men, but they are fought by young men who die for reasons that are beyond them. In the end, the same old men sit around tables and the war ends. Nothing is achieved. Nothing is gained. New faces move into old castles, and the sons of the dead build families ready to feed new battleground graveyards. — David Gemmell

What good is a fragile spirit, as when touched, shatters into a thousand pieces. — Aisha Mirza

Let a man go to the bottom of what he is and believe in that. — David Shields

There can be no human society without conflict: such a society would be a society not of friends but of ants. Even if it were attainable, there are human values of the greatest importance which would be destroyed by its attainment, and which therefore should prevent us from attempting to bring it about. On the other hand, we certainly ought to bring about a reduction of conflict. So already we have here an example of a clash of values and principles. This example also shows that clashes of values and principles may be valuable, and indeed essential for an open society. — Karl Popper