Schleske Violin Quotes & Sayings

Keep your exclamation points under control. You are allowed no more than two or three per 100,000 words of prose. — Elmore Leonard

Every worker should know that by working, he is releasing the nature of God in him. He is becoming creative just like God is creative. — Sunday Adelaja

You can't go through life without your heart being bruised or broken. Otherwise, you're not truly, fully, a person. — JoBeth Williams

But really, that is kind of silly,' Abigail tried to explain. 'I mean, a book is much less personal than a programmed screen that can respond to you according to your needs, and concentrate on what's hard for you, and go fast on what's easy. A book stays the same no matter *who's* reading it. And anyway, I don't see how anyone could read a whole long book, it must be so boring!'

'But...but it wasn't,' Peter said faintly. 'I...almost forgot I was reading it. The...the whole story was going on in my head.'

'I still don't understand,' said Oliver. 'I mean, watching a real-life hologram right before your eyes is better than anything you could *imagine.* — William Sleator

Too many Christians have a commitment of convenience. They'll stay faithful as long as it's safe and doesn't involve risk, rejection, or criticism. Instead of standing alone in the face of challenge or temptation, they check to see which way their friends are going. — Charles Stanley

When you get on a good horse, you just know. They are powerful, they stop quickly, they can turn in both directions, and they are fast. — Facundo Pieres

Instead of imposing your will on every situation ... focus on including everyone else, and just that little adjustment of attitude gives you the space to understand where and who you are. — Wynton Marsalis

If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet. — Nancy Lopez

Yes, sometimes it's the strangers that sustain you. — Zadie Smith

You know how sometimes you lie in bed at night and think, "What if the law of gravity just wears out and lets go and I drift into space?" Does that ever make you anxious? — Elaine May

Their peace and their war Are like wind and storm. War grows from their peace. — Bertolt Brecht

Her name sprang to my lips at moments in strange prayers and praises which I myself did not understand. My eyes were often full of tears (I could not tell why) and at times a flood from my heart seemed to pour itself out into my bosom. I thought little of the future. I did not know whether I would ever speak to her or not or, if I spoke to her, how I could tell her of my confused adoration. — James Joyce

The most interesting nerds are the ones who take offense to being called nerds. — Greg Fitzsimmons

In recalling my childhood I like to picture myself as a beehive to which various simple obscure people brought the honey of their knowledge and thoughts on life, generously enriching my character with their own experience. Often this honey was dirty and bitter, but every scrap of knowledge was honey all the same. — Maxim Gorky