Staleness 2021 Quotes & Sayings

I found L.A. much less responsive to the name Juilliard than New York was. In New York, that name actually means something. People will look up from their desks when you walk in. In L.A. it's, 'Oh yeah, that's a music school. What do you play?' — Finn Wittrock

Never trust people who promise to make you rich in a day. They are generally crazy swindlers — Carlo Collodi

Every company of a certain size must have committed egregious sins to succeed in the cutthroat world of Western capitalism. — John Grisham

To respond is positive, to react is negative. — Zig Ziglar

memorized all of it." He stroked her lips. "'Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet. . . . Thou hast ravished my heart. — Thea Harrison

A character has a distinctive voice - you should be able to hear them in your head and conduct a conversation with them while you're out walking. If the answers surprise you, you know it's the character speaking and not you. — Jeanette Winterson

Love is Immortality. — Emily Dickinson

Stars is easy, people is hard. — Terry Pratchett

The life of man upon earth is a warfare ... - JOB 7:1 — Saul D. Alinsky

Once Incarceron became a dragon, and a Prisoner crawled into his lair. They made a wager. They would ask each other riddles, and the one who could not answer would lose. It it was the man, he would give his life. The Prison offered a secret way of Escape. But even as the man agreed, he felt its hidden laughter.
They played for a year and a day. The lights stayed dark. The dead were not removed. Food was not provided. The Prison ignored the cries of its inmates.
Sapphique was the man. He had one riddle left. He said, "What is the Key that unlocks the heart?"
For a day Incarceron thought. For two days. For three. Then it said, "If I ever knew the answer, I have forgotten it."
Sapphique in the Tunnels of Madness — Catherine Fisher

In 1989, I retired from Bell Laboratories to become a full-time writer. Not that I didn't enjoy my engineering career, but rather I liked being a novelist just a bit better. — Dennis L. McKiernan

I have always trusted my instincts, I took some bold decisions in my life ... many people may say they were crazy risks. — Bob Hartley

If you want people to enter your world, you don't need to invite them; just keep your door open and keep your thoughts plain! — Mehmet Murat Ildan