Sesily Coleman Quotes & Sayings

It is not because the right principles have been violated, that they are to be abandoned. — Thomas Paine

When you're a mass-market writer, people think that you can just decide 'this happens, this happens, this happens', whereas with literary writers it's coming from their soul and their core. But with me it does come from my soul and my core, and my soul and my core often go AWOL, and then I've nothing to write. — Marian Keyes

The will always wills to do something and thus implicitly holds in contempt sheer thinking, whose whole activity depends on doing nothing. — Hannah Arendt

Don't talk to me about people who are nice, 'cause I've spent my whole life in ruins over people who are nice. — Morrissey

Abundance is rooted in community, not individualism. Abundance is what is before our eyes, but we cannot see when we are blinded by greed. — Terry Tempest Williams

There's nothing good about being ordinary. People don't respect you for it. People run after people who are different, who have confidence in their own taste, who don't run with the herd. There is nothing gained by giving in to the pressures of group vulgarity. — Erica Jong

Cause' baby you're a firework! — Katy Perry

The will of the nation is one of those expressions which have been most profusely abused by the wily and the despotic of every age. — Alexis De Tocqueville

A sentence can offer a moment of quiet, it can crackle with energy or it can just lie there, listless and uninteresting. What makes the difference? The verb. — Constance Hale

As actors, we're all encouraged to feel that each job is the last job. They plant some little electrode in your head at an early stage and you think, 'Be grateful, be grateful, be grateful.' — Daniel Day-Lewis

Fear is the main factor in Arab politics ... There is no Arab who is not harmed by Jews' entry into Palestine. — Moshe Sharett

History had its fascinations, but could be burdensome. — William Gibson

Costa Rica believes in building bridges, in looking for solutions to problems, and not clinging to positions. — Oscar Arias

Prayer is asking for rain. Faith is carrying an umbrella. Faith is the inner sense of knowing that with divine order working on your side, all things will come together for your good. Faith is knowing that there is a divine plan and purpose for everything in life — Iyanla Vanzant

It's not uncommon for people to overvalue the importance of demonstrating their competence and power, often at the expense of demonstrating their warmth. — Amy Cuddy