Spartanoffshore Quotes & Sayings

Starting a novel is like standing in a field and waiting for lightning to strike. — Joyce Carol Oates

Changing our behavior purely for the sake of appearances may seem to conflict with the need to be authentic and consistent, but in many ways it is actually a result of those needs. After all, resolving the tension between standing out from the crowd and becoming isolated requires finding our niche in the world. But what would happen if we weren't accepted in the place where we felt we belonged? For others to see us as a "poseur" or as "delusional" would be painful. Even worse, what if they were right? The social consequences and self-doubt that follow when our self-perceptions conflict with how others see us can be just as destabilizing to our identity as conflicts between our own self-perceptions and actions. — Sheena Iyengar

Courage gives us a voice and compassion gives us an ear. Without both, there is no opportunity for empathy and connection. — Brene Brown

At Cornell, my acting teacher said you cannot be religious and be an artist. I sort of got it, because faith is a comfort and art comes from a lot of places, in a lot of people, from the dark chasm. — Catherine Hicks

South Africa had very poor repertory distribution. I didn't find out about Akira Kurosawa and Tarkovsky and Werner Herzog until I got to the U.K. — Richard Stanley

If you don't want to be in an argument with someone, it is probably best to try to solve the problem, rather than lying around hoping the other person will do it for you. — E. Lockhart

Sometimes I am all right. Is this what they call letting go? I have let go, if letting go means I am all right sometimes. — David Sheff

Transparency is the new objectivity — David Weinberger

The foundation of morality should not be made dependent on myth nor tied to any authority lest doubt about the myth or about the legitimacy of the authority imperil the foundation of sound judgment and action. — Albert Einstein

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

If then it be possible that one contrary should exist, or be called into existence, the other contrary will also appear to be possible. — Aristotle.

Humans had spent thousands of years climbing out of caves and building technology so they could reach the moon and live in caves again. — John G. Hemry

Aren't you afraid one of them will betray you? Take it all away? (Shahara) I'm sure one will eventually, but that's the least of what keeps me up at night. Trust me, there are a lot worse things in life than loosing a few credits. (Syn) — Sherrilyn Kenyon