Roumain Point Quotes & Sayings

(CBI lecture, Dublin, 2008. Speaking on the challenges presented by The Moorehawke Trilogy to the YA reader)
You can't choose any of these characters and say, 'Yes! I'm completely on your side. You are the good guy! You are the one I agree with.' Because at some stage along the way every single one of these characters will let you down. They may not want to. They may have no choice. But they will let you down. — Celine Kiernan

That's the reason I believe in the power of prayer, because I believe you have to be able to first believe in a being superior to you, You have to believe in God and once you're able to believe in God and embrace the greatness of the creator, then you're able to believe in yourself and embrace the greatness that God put into you and each of us, and you're able to tap into that. But there will be days. — Cathy Hughes

Not a good man. Drinks too much in an uncreative way. — James Dickey

I enjoy what I'm able to give my family. — Shia Labeouf

But I say to you, my friends, there are certain things in our nation and in the world which I am proud to be maladjusted and which I hope all men of good-will will be maladjusted until the good societies realize. — Martin Luther King Jr.

Emotions serve characters' purposes. That is their motivation. — Ang Lee

Envy is ignorance,
Imitation is Suicide. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Tyranny is the political corollary of socialism, as representative government is the political corollary of the market economy. — Ludwig Von Mises

When we have peace in our hearts, we also have love in our hearts and good will toward all men. — Norman Vincent Peale

Sometimes it is the methods of learning, more so, than what is learned, that is useful! — Garrett McCoy

When push comes to shove, it ain't the science that's going to lift you up - it's the belief, the spiritual side of life, that's going to lift you up, no matter what religion you are. — Kirstie Alley

I don't believe in stereotypes. Most of the time, stereotypes are just that. — Javier Bardem

I mean, I could go ahead and cut my head off in the guillotine, and it looks great, ... Well, now you turn on CNN and guys are really getting their heads cut off ... As insane as our fantasy world gets, it's nowhere near as scary as reality. — Alice Cooper

People are going to talk about you. But maybe you're having more fun than them anyway. — Taylor Swift

You know what's the rage this year? ...Hats. — Bill Watterson