Samels Pittsfield Quotes & Sayings

It is not the mediocrity of women's education which makes their weakness; it is their weakness which necessarily causes their mediocrity. — Joseph De Maistre

The world is not threatened by evil people, but by those who allow evil to take place. — Albert Einstein

Only diligence will give you wealth — Sunday Adelaja

People do not like to lose their lives. That is the reason why they should not take other people's. — Ivy Compton-Burnett

She smelled of lemon and sunshine and a thousand Summer days filled with laughter. — Elizabeth Camden

No one is good all the time. — Sarah Fine

When you put a thing on paper, sometimes you discover you already know the answer. Or maybe that there is no answer, which is the same thing. — Blake Bailey

Young writers need to be encouraged to write - just write - with no restrictions on form, style or content. — Kelley Armstrong

If Mother Culture were to give an account of human history using these terms, it would go something like this: ' The Leavers were chapter one of human history
a long and uneventful chapter. Their chapter of human history ended about ten thousand years ago with the birth of agriculture in the Near East. This event marked the beginning of chapter two, the chapter of the Takers. It's true there are still Leavers living in the world, but these are anachronisms, fossils
people living in the past, people who just don't realize that their chapter of human history is over. ' — Daniel Quinn

Deliberate Practice, which he has identified as the key to exceptional achievement. When you practice deliberately, you identify the tasks or knowledge that are just out of your reach, strive to upgrade your performance, monitor your progress, and revise accordingly. Practice sessions that fall short of this standard are not only less useful - they're counterproductive. They reinforce existing cognitive mechanisms instead of improving them. — Susan Cain

And voices singing out of empty cisterns and exhausted wells. — T. S. Eliot

Use the apple test
If you're not hungry enough to eat an apple, you're not hungry. — Michael Pollan