Robert Levon Been Quotes & Sayings

[W]e need to talk over not only those things which are of vital importance to us as women, but also the things that are of especial interest to us as colored women. — Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin

While writing the first draft is an exercise in shutting down all of the things we think we know so that the story features come tumbling out, the revision is the end of the joy ride. We pull on the gloves and sort of poke around inside the body. Is that a tumor? Will that limb need amputation? I nearly second-guessed myself into heart failure while learning to self-edit. — Patricia Hickman

When some things go wrong; do not shout! — Lailah Gifty Akita

Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty. — Joey Skaggs

Sometimes having no money for a long time feels like a voice inside your head that grows louder and more obnoxious the longer you're without it. — Ryan Smith

Because I hate that word. Like being gay is something to be ashamed of. Like because Mer likes sports, it automatically makes her a lesbian. That insult doesn't even make sense. — Stephanie Perkins

Since the insignificance of all things is our lot, we should not bear it as an affliction but learn to enjoy it. — Milan Kundera

A stock market index helps investors track the performance of a group of stocks. NRDC worked with FTSE to develop comprehensive and transparent methodologies that screen out companies linked to owning, exploring, or extracting fossil fuels. — Frances Beinecke

Our thoughts are epochs in our lives; all else is but as a journal of the winds that blow while we are here. — Henry David Thoreau

Assembled in Gaza from Brazilian bioplastics, Turkish and Indonesian electronics, running Egyptian software and catching its time cues from an Israeli satellite, it commented on the world in ways its producers had failed to consider.
Come to salvation! — Alex Jeffers

The only thing more important than ministry is being ministered to [ at the feet of Jesus ]. — Kevin DeYoung

To die quickly in one's eighth decade at the very top of one's powers is an enviable end, and not an occasion for mourning. — Brendan Gill

You have to do stand-up quite a long time before you learn how to do it well. — John Oliver

I start from something considered dead and arrive at a world. And when I put a title on it, it becomes even more alive. — Joan Miro