Qbyq Quotes & Sayings

I've been called many names like perfectionist, difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession, takes searching for the details for any artist to be good. — Barbra Streisand

It is unfortunately none too well understood that, just as the State has no money of its own, so it has no power of its own. — Albert J. Nock

Your next world is your next world, and not to be squandered offhand. — Thomas Hardy

Pension: An allowance made to anyone without an equivalent. In England it is generally understood to mean pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country. — Samuel Johnson

Visual illusions, too, fascinated me; they showed how intellectual understanding, insight, and even common sense were powerless against the force of perceptual distortions. Gibson's inverting glasses showed the power of the mind to rectify optical distortions, where visual illusions showed its inability to correct perceptual ones. — Oliver Sacks

Building up a dream is like building a room; the foundation must be deep, strong, firm and dependable. — Israelmore Ayivor

Yes, last year in interviewing. Empathy is when you repeat the last three words the patient says and nod your head. — Samuel Shem

But there is another type, one who goes about the world cadaverously, cheeks sunken, bones jutting, and one senses that he so disapproves of the whole of the world that he begrudges every bit of it that he takes inside himself. At that moment I would have wagered that Galen had never truly enjoyed one bite of food or one swallow of drink in his life. — Robin Hobb

The seeded draw came into being. This means that the two best players of the tournament are placed in opposite halves in the draw, and cannot possibly meet until the finals, if they come through successfully against all the rest of the participants. — Helen Wills Moody