Recalcitrantes Quotes & Sayings

Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless. — Lao-Tzu

The most ridiculous concept ever perpetrated by Homo Sapiens is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of the Universes, wants the saccharine adoration of his creations, that he can be persuaded by their prayers, and becomes petulant if he does not receive this flattery. Yet this ridiculous notion, without one real shred of evidence to bolster it, has gone on to found one of the oldest, largest and least productive industries in history. — Robert A. Heinlein

Don't let a bad review get you down. You can't always please everyone. — B.A. Gabrielle

Nature doesn't cheat - people do. — James Randi

Win or lose, do it fairly. — Knute Rockne

I'm not promising to write 'JFK 2' - but one day, I might! — Nigel Hamilton

They hate because they fear, and they fear because they feel that the deepest feelings of their lives are being assaulted and outraged. And they do not know why; they are powerless pawns in a blind play of social forces. — Richard Wright

If he'd believed at any point along this journey that he had to follow a straight path in his career, he never would have found his true calling. — Ken Robinson

I used to dream about turning back time, about reclaiming the things I'd lost and the person I used to be.
But not anymore. — Alexandra Bracken

I'm not really fond of the trails left in the sky and a lot of chemicals that are being pumped through factories and even in the clothes we wear. — Shailene Woodley

I would inevitably get the girls who were interested in me because I was the guy from E.T. It was kind of tough. I can't deny ever capitalizing upon it but on the whole in my teens I was pretty virtuous. — Henry Thomas

I aim to be pretty - I gave up dressing to be sexy in the eighties. — Sara Blakely

Even so long after sunset, the sky in the west was touched with feather-strokes of crimson and black. The wind was blowing from the east, which meant that even in the middle of the city you could breathe in desert: sand and grit, cactus and coyotes, the burning scent of sage. — Cassandra Clare

Remember, that which appeals to the ego cannot help your spiritual growth. — Osho

Labor is the true standard of value. — Abraham Lincoln