Recalcitrant Pronunciation Quotes & Sayings

A poem is like a child; at some point we have to let it go and trust that it will make its own way in the world. — Dorianne Laux

Today's voguish threats, including climate change, population growth, massive war, and resource depletion, are all amenable to a fix if we act prudently. And even if we don't, these problems are incapable of obliterating all of humanity, let alone destroying the Earth. No, the real End of Days will happen slowly, as the Sun ages. — Seth Shostak

A lot of people never find the person God created them to be. They're too busy trying to live up to other people's expectations, or they try to create themselves in the image of a person they admire or envy. Just because we respect someone or think their life might be more exciting than ours doesn't mean God created us to be just like them. Sometimes we have to ignore the people in our lives so we can hear the voice of God ... But making a decision to put someone else first out of love isn't the same thing as putting them first out of fear. Because you're afraid they won't love you if you don't act the way they might want you to. — Nancy Mehl

I feel a little schizophrenic because my life is so totally different from here, obviously. And the French values are so different from American values. — Adrian Lyne

London was not designed for cars. Come to that, it wasn't designed for people. It just sort of happened. This created problems, and the solutions that were implemented became the next problems, five or ten or a hundred years down the line. — Terry Pratchett

I rap for listeners, blunt heads, fly ladies and prisoners — Nas

I notice with a certain sense of regret that far too many Europeans are returning to a regional and national mindset. — Jean-Claude Juncker

How strange to be loved simply for who I was. — Robin Hobb

If you're lonely when he's around, happiest when he's sad, and angry when he's overjoyed, get a new life. Without him. — Ace Antonio Hall

It is sometimes difficult to view compassion and loving kindness as the strengths they are. — Sharon Salzberg

I know what it's like to be distracted. To seek out distractions. To exhaust yourself doing every other little thing rather than face a blank page — Rainbow Rowell