Splinter Under Fingernail Quotes & Sayings

I'm lying on a Star Wars bedspread," said a dry voice behind them, "Will I ever be able to look myself in the eye again?"
They all turned.
"By the fact that I'm not on Rashah," Ronan said, looking about him, "but instead apparently in suburban hell, and in contact with this dubious cultural artifact, I take it we won? — Diane Duane

That is the most basic law of the Universe - cause and effect. If our actions are the result of our intentions to do good, to create harmony, to deal fairly, to love dearly, and to live the life of the superior person, can anything else happen except that, as a result of natural law, we reach the loftiest goals to which one can attain and lead lives of greatest happiness? — Wu Wei

When I was starting out, I didn't know what the hell I was doing and my person who was helping me out, I didn't even have an agent, got me five or six big auditions for leads in movies in 1986 that I had no business auditioning for. I think I ran out of three of them before I'd even finished. — John Corbett

Enthusiasm is a vital element in individual success. — Conrad Hilton

The tormented world cries out for internationhood, for co-existence in a harmony of diversity and mutual aid, for an end to self-segregation along secondary or superficial or downright imbecilic lines. — Clara Fraser

The short story that eventually grew into Constellation was the first fiction set in Russia that I'd ever written, and that was right around the time I was giving up on a doomed, never-to-be-seen first novel. While I saw it could be something bigger, in hindsight fortuitous timing was as responsible as anything. — Anthony Marra

People bind themselves into political teams that share moral narratives. Once they accept a particular narrative, they become blind to alternative moral worlds. — Jonathan Haidt

When you are in business for a long time, you go through good times and bad times. When you go through bad times, you learn to control costs, satisfy customers better, satisfy employees better and become more transparent. Therefore, you build character in the company. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

I always had a weight issue since I was a young kid. — Josh Peck

Lighting is vital. Without that they've got nothing. And, of course, color and texture. When they showed me a little piece of Finding Nemo, I said this has got to be the biggest hit. — Joe Grant

I believe nothing merely because Calvin taught it, but because I have found his teaching in the Word of God. — Charles Spurgeon

I prefer the rather old and battered, things with character, to the brand new. — Rick Allen

What love can you possibly need from the world if you are already full of His? None. — Ted Dekker

Like when that man was running down Broadway stark naked and we all had to eat in the cafeteria while the police tried to catch him. — Rebecca Stead

I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange. — Charley Pride