Spurning Def Quotes & Sayings

When you go independent, if you fail, you're totally responsible for it. If you succeed, you're totally responsible for it. You are responsibly for who you are ... and what you do and what you make. — Tablo

You don't think he's crazy now?"
"Crazy, nah," Nicky said. "Soulless, perhaps. — Nora Sakavic

...I've been ripped off, lied to, slandered, gossiped about slapped, falsely accused, and had my truths not believed. I've had my heart broken, had my pride stomped on, witnessed unforgivable acts, and heard words that hurt so much I withed that they would not replay in my head, but they did. In all these moments--some tear-soaked, some life-defining, but all character-building moments--I have felt vulnerable.
And I believe these feelings of vulnerability--when a person feels scared and alone and overwhelmed and pissed off, wen the sting of unfairness bites deep--while miserable to live through, are the basis for writing compelling fiction. — Jessica Page Morrell

Now don't you give me any of that talk about becoming overly protective and fussy in my old age. I have every right to show a little concern now and then. — Jaye L. Knight

Fleas know not whether they are upon the body of a giant or upon one of ordinary size. — Walter Savage Landor

There are strong reasons for believing that space goes on beyond the limits of our observational horizon. There are strong reasons because if you look in opposite directions, conditions are the same to within one part in 100,000. So if we are part of some finite structure then, if the gradient is so shallow, it is likely to go on much further. — Martin Rees

Sometimes I'm asked if I do research for my stories. The answer is yes and no. No, in the sense that I seldom plow through books at the library to gather material. Yes, in the sense that the first fifteen years of my life turned out to be one big research project. — Jerry Spinelli

I would finally just like to advise you to grow through your development quietly and seriously; you can interrupt it in no more violent manner than by looking outwards, and expecting answer from outside to questions which perhaps only your innermost feeling in your most silent hour can answer. — Rainer Maria Rilke

Once you have given up the ghost, everything follows with dead certainty, even in the midst of chaos. — Henry Miller

You're always kind of shifting and changing and it's a really exciting process. — Chuck Ragan

Ever since I was a child, I would start crying seeing anyone in pain. — Kangana Ranaut

My goal, my aim is to be a superstar, but not in a cheesy way. I want to go to America and do what they do. But better! — Tinie Tempah

It is harder to lie in an interview. A good interview - and it can be polite - is not a one way street like a candidate controlled ad. An interview is not programmed by the candidate and so the candidate can't be exactly sure what will be asked. — Greta Van Susteren

Being in an area of the planet where scientists believe mankind started is quite amazing. — Jan De Bont

I don't really seek out vegetarian spots ... but mainly, I know how to work a menu no matter where I am. — Christie Brinkley