Scriver Woods Quotes & Sayings

I'm coaching 'swing at this, don't swing at that,' and in the middle of it, a kid looks at me and says, 'Coach, I think I'm going to fail history.' Or maybe their girlfriend just dumped them. These are kids, and once I embraced that, this became a lot more fun. — Tony Gwynn

The name is something we thought about for a long time, and we wanted it to be a girl's name, but we didn't want it to be 'the Jesses,' ... We were very conscious of not wanting to make it a twin thing, because we think that's really tacky. — Lisa Origliasso

There's a lot that is awful. That's the struggle of getting old. To make sure you don't let what's hard ... obscure the beauty. — Sara Zarr

No one knew where you were before you were born, but when you were born, it wasn't long before you found you'd arrived with your return ticket already punched. — Terry Pratchett

You spend most of your life working and trying to hone your craft, working on your chops, working on your writing, and you don't really think about accolades. Then you get a bit older and they start coming your way. It's a nice pat on the back. — Geddy Lee

As Kuni repeatedly kissed Jia, he whispered into her ear, "I'm so sorry for everything you've suffered. I know you don't think I understand, but I do. I've chewed on bitter herbs every morning so that I can feel a fraction of what you felt, alone, frightened, surrounded by enemies and trying to raise two children." Jia, — Ken Liu

Three years after starting, by physically doing everything from raising the finance to special effects, we'd finally cobbled together our low budget film. — Yahoo Serious

When asked the secret of how to look at the world afresh, with delighted eyes, Merlin said, You lack innocence. Having labeled a thing, you no longer see that thing, you see its label instead. — Deepak Chopra

One unanswered question is whether a Euro-Islam that combines Islam with democracy will be possible in the future. We mustn't confuse desire with reality. — Walter Kasper

Action is Character. — F Scott Fitzgerald

Haven't you ever played Uno? ... Sometimes you have to lose all your cards to win. — Brad Meltzer