Scivola Quotes & Sayings

You don't launch a popular blog, you build one. The writing isn't the hard part, it's the commitment. — Seth

The most important thing today is to stop US wars. — Yuri Kochiyama

It's your life. Only you can choose what you make with it, whether it's chicken salad or chicken shit. — Alex Kava

Effective communication is built on the cement of trust. And trust is based on trustworthiness, not politics. — Stephen Covey

At least for a moment we all saw, I think, that the danger of pluralism is that it becomes factionalism, and that if factions grind their separate axes too vociferously, something mutual, precious, and human is in danger of being drowned out and lost. — Frederick Buechner

It can be a great temptation to rest on the field and let the opponent have a play without making him pay for every inch. I must hold his pain where it is. Mine does not matter ... The punishment I inflict, his fatigue, and that he is up against something that he does not comprehend is everything. — Jim Harbaugh

The language of Doctor Johnson and Mrs Hester Lynch Thrale, and that of their adult contemporaries, was the stately language of the time, polished, stylish, unordinary, even in the intimate pages of their diaries, and the regime of instruction was severe and practical. — Robert Burchfield

I discovered right away at the airport that Italian men were way too attentive. — Glenda Helms

Loving a person doesn't make them who you desire; it makes you vulnerable to their reality. — Abby Fabiaschi

In April 2002, I saw the Bush family once again during a JJRTC tour similar to the one we had conducted for the Clintons. It was strange to see George W. Bush grown up and president. It took me back to when I first arrived at the White House - a rookie being cued in by old hats. I hoped President Bush could bring back what was so sorely missed and what once existed under his father. Dynasties made me nervous, but I sorely hoped Bush 43 (our forty-third president) would restore the White House to the level of dignity that Papa Bush had promoted. I thought of my own father, the life I led, and what my son might be like. Was I as strong as my father? Had I kept my promise to protect others? Would my children retain their character? I was honored that the new president remembered me and shook my hand, just as his father would have. I asked about Bush 41 (our forty-first president). It was blast. — Gary J. Byrne

You are what you do repeatedly every day. If excellence is something you're striving for, then it's not an accident. It's a habit. — Greg Plitt

Feature filmmaking is a different kind of complication as documentary comes in the editing room. — Nicholas Jarecki

Augustus Waters-style, I read him the letter of lieu of saying hello. — John Green