Riras Portland Quotes & Sayings

It turns out that the process of working toward a goal, participating in a valued and challenging activity, is as important to well-being as its attainment. — Sonja Lyubomirsky

An answering smile drifted across his tanned face. What is mine, I intend to
keep. — Judith McNaught

Creativity is divine. — A.D. Posey

Perhaps the artist who seeks dignity above all in his 'historia', ought to represent very few figures; for as paucity of words imparts majesty to a prince, provided histhoughts and orders are understood, so the presence of only the strictly necessary numbers of bodies confers dignity on a picture. — Leon Battista Alberti

Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore ... — Edgar Allan Poe

I am defined by my curiosity and thirst for learning. I buy more books than I can finish. I sign up for more online courses than I can complete. I fundamentally believe that if you are not learning new things, you stop doing great and useful things. — Ashwin Sanghi

He was starting to think that consciousness wasn't some lighthouse of self-knowing but merely a little cave where you made up stories about yourself, whatever it took to hide the shit and the slime, the utter mollusk you were in your deepest nature. He wondered what was down there, under the shit, what kind of bedrock he might strike. Take — Nino Ricci

Democracy is the breeding ground of communism, — Augusto Pinochet

I hate cages. For most folks, they're built from fear and they do it to themselves. Not me. Mine were forged of helplessness. Most kids' are. — Karen Marie Moning

I won a great giant slalom in Japan last week, and it gave me momentum for this final part of the season. — Hermann Maier

Too many pitchers, that's all, there are just too many pitchers Ten or twelve on a team. Don't see how any of them get enough work. Four starting pitchers and one relief man ought to be enough. Pitch 'em every three days and you'd find they'd get control and good, strong arms. — Cy Young

These notes are little pieces of history no one cares about, but they remind you that you're not the first person to hold that book. Someone else owned it first and read the exact same words, and one way or another, it impacted them. We're all connected. — Chelsea Sedoti

I started out as a dancer, but gradually became more interested in music. — Ravi Shankar

If you live," I whispered, "I'll let you call me your dear. I won't complain, I promise. — Kiera Cass

Some sculptors make drawings, I make heads. — David Altmejd