Skurnik Bill Quotes & Sayings

Reality, for all intents and purposes, is just life - the real world, pure and uncut, shot straight to the vein of our souls every day we draw breath. Whether it's good or bad, it's still reality; the opposite of illusion, the foe of fantasy, and the anchor that keeps us stuck on this plane. And thank Buddha it does, because some people need it in huge doses. — Corey Taylor

The Strict Father (or "authoritarian") model is supposed to make a child strong and better able to function socially. It is supposed to make children into effective leaders. But, in fact, it has the opposite effect. — George Lakoff

When we have clarity on our destination and are grounded in our current reality, we are equipped to make the best decisions possible. — Michael Hyatt

The China Rich seem to be spending on a scale that's just beyond anything we've ever seen before. They are building and buying an insane amount of luxury residences around the world, commissioning huge flying palaces from Boeing, and paying ridiculous amounts for art. — Kevin Kwan

If you read the biography of any great man, you will always notice two things: His mother's contribution in his progress and his teacher's contribution in his growth and development. — Narendra Modi

Difficulty creates the opportunity for self-reflection and compassion. — Suzan-Lori Parks

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones. — Holly Black

When I get a little money I buy books," he confessed to a friend. "If any is left, I buy food and clothes."13 — Diana Butler Bass

He was young and had been rough with time, listening to its bad advice he had made mistakes, had compromised himself, had trespassed against good behavior and prudence, both in his words and works. — Thomas Mann

I have gained very great inspiration from the Cornish land- and seascape, the horizontal line of the sea and the quality of light and colour which reminds me of the Mediterranean light and colour which so excites one's sense of form; and first and last there is the human figure which in the country becomes a free and moving part of a greater whole. This relationship between figure and landscape is vitally important to me. I cannot feel it in a city. — Barbara Hepworth

I have three daughters and I find as a result I played King Lear almost without rehearsal. — Peter Ustinov

I love men's wear. — Lara Stone