Speedman Box Quotes & Sayings

Big mistakes were made in Benghazi, and people should be held accountable. But the brave officers who staff American posts in crisis zones know how dangerous the work is. — David Ignatius

Although once when we were talking after class, Herr Silverman told me that when someone rises up and holds himself to a higher standard, even when doing so benefits others, average people resent it, mostly because they're not strong enough to do the same. — Matthew Quick

I still encourage anyone who feels at all compelled to write to do so. I just try to warn people who hope to get published that publication is not all it is cracked up to be. But writing is. Writing has so much to give, so much to teach, so many surprises. That thing you had to force yourself to do
the actual act of writing
turns out to be the best part. It's like discovering that while you thought you needed the tea ceremony for the caffeine, what you really needed was the tea ceremony. The act of writing turns out to be its own reward. — Anne Lamott

Perhaps you laugh too, dear reader; but you know humanity comes out in a variety of strange forms now-a-days, and there is no end to the odd things that humane people will say and do. — Harriet Beecher Stowe

Writing can be a frightening, distressing business, and whatever kind of structure or buffer is available can help a lot. — Aimee Bender

Is there any pleasure on earth as great as the circle of Christian friends by a good fire? — J.R.R. Tolkien

You already have everything to be the best you can be inside of you. What are you waiting for to use it? — Bruno LoGreco