Riopelle Quotes & Sayings

Your life is big. Keep reaching. — Oprah Winfrey

The English tourist in American literature wants above all things something different from what he has at home. For this reason the one American writer whom the English whole-heartedly admire is Walt Whitman. There, you will hear them say, is the real American undisguised. In the whole of English literature there is no figure which resembles his - among all our poetry none in the least comparable to Leaves of Grass — Virginia Woolf

The attitude of, 'I will never self-publish,' coming from any author, indicates that they have never been in a position where it is their only option. — Jennifer Armintrout

Hunger makes dinners, pastime suppers. — George Herbert

There are a lot of actors who will sit here and talk to you about characters - 'He does this, and she's a really interesting character because she does this.' I'm not like that at all. I'm not an actory actor. — Zooey Deschanel

Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you. — Zig Ziglar

How soon things changed and how low people fell and from what heights. Even those whom he thought untouchable. Or perhaps, especially those. It was as if there were two invisible arcs: with our deeds and words we ascended; with our deeds and words we descended. — Elif Shafak

What are you going to do if there's too much to do? Whose fault is it that you have so much to do? Probably one of the hardest words to learn to say is no, but this is imperative if we're to prevent an overload. Demands made on any individual will soon mount and far exceed what the individual can handle. It becomes necessary to decide whether we are compact station wagons or ten-ton trucks. If we decide that we are lightweight station wagons, then we better put a load limit; and if we would keep from pressure, we must refrain from assuming a responsibility that we cannot fill. — J. Dwight Pentecost

everybody around here's such a major conservative till they get sick, get screwed over by their insurance company, their job goes over to China or whatever, then they're like, 'Oooooh, what happened? — Ben Fountain

I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didn't matter who was president. — James Carville

When I hesitate, I do not paint. When I paint, I do not hesitate. — Jean-Paul Riopelle

Forget not
Regret not
Live — Kim Holden