Reexamining The Examen Quotes & Sayings

My mom was beautiful; she was supposed to be the original Jane in the original Tarzan movie. They asked her to put her foot in the water and there was an alligator in there, and she wouldn't put her foot in the water. — Dr. John

If we're lucky, writer and reader alike, we'll finish the last line or two of a short story and then just sit for a minute, quietly. Ideally, we'll ponder what we've just written or read; maybe our hearts or intellects will have been moved off the peg just a little from where they were before. Our body temperature will have gone up, or down, by a degree. Then, breathing evenly and steadily once more, we'll collect ourselves, writers and readers alike, get up, "created of warm blood and nerves" as a Chekhov character puts it, and go on to the next thing: Life. Always life. — Raymond Carver

Even the worst thing has two good verso-sides. — Friedrich Nietzsche

A second advantage of static factory methods is that, unlike constructors, they are not required to create a new object each time they're invoked. — Joshua Bloch

In terms of getting people to experiment more and take more risk, there are at least three things that immediately come to my mind. Number one, of course, is role-modeling it yourself. Number two is, when people take intelligent, smart risks and yet it doesn't work out, not shooting them. And number three, being honest with yourself. — John P. Kotter

It is impossible to bring the Almighty under obligations to the creature; God gains nothing from us. If — Arthur W. Pink

If someone feels that they had never made a mistake in their life then it means they had never tried a new thing in their life — Kevwe Eyagbe

The only thing that we as actors really can control is to be able to say 'yes' or 'no' to the material. — Bryan Cranston

It's the fuel for everything our people have done to each other since the beginning. That's what makes peace seem impossible. How can you blame someone for wanting to kill the killer of their loved ones? How can you fault people for what they do in grief? — Laini Taylor

I have a personal belief that you never have to give up liberty for security. You can still provide security without sacrificing our Bill of Rights. — Ron Paul

She has mischievious moments when she wishes she could get him alone on a desert island ... — George Bernard Shaw

So many Chimaerae," Nine says, nodding excitedly as he gazes into the darkness. "That's awesome."
"We named the chubby, lazy one after you," Sam replies.
"Less awesome. — Pittacus Lore

IBM has taken our valuable trade secrets and given them away to Linux. — Darl McBride