Stanganelli Powell Quotes & Sayings

We find that the Romans owed the conquest of the world to no other cause than continual military training, exact observance of discipline in their camps, and unwearied cultivation of the other arts of war. — Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

Albert Grossman called my office and spoke with my partner Richard Leacock and asked if we'd be interested in making a film with his client, Bob Dylan. — D. A. Pennebaker

The managers at fault periodically report on the lesson they have learned from the latest disappointment. They then usually seek out future lessons. — Warren Buffett

Professional accountability is a good thing. Without it, excellence is merely a pipe dream and even average performance isn't a realistic expectation. — Lee Ellis

Try to create a wall of inspiration around yourself in order to succeed in life. — Euginia Herlihy

A bus drives past and I'm nauseated by a whiff of exhaust. Then rotting fish. The rancid stench of sewage. Is it garbage day? I'm trapped in the pungent fog, in the dreary suburban-style shops, the rat race of city life. The city, even on the west coast, has the power to beat us down, to suck us of passion, to crush our dreams. — Shannon Mullen

We are many small puppets moved by fate and fortune through strings unseen by us; therefore, if it is so as I think, one has to prepare oneself with a good heart and indifference to accept things coming towards us, because they cannot be avoided, and to oppose them requires a violence that tears our souls too deeply, and it seems that both fortune and men are always busy in affairs for our dislike because the former is blind and the latter only think of their interest. — Marcello Malpighi

There was some new quiet in her, but it didn't shrink or wilt her. Rather, it seemed to enlarge her. She was no mere weapon as she was trained to be, but a woman in full command of her power, unbowed and unbroken, and that was a dangerous thing. — Laini Taylor

Of course not," said Sturmhond. "Anything worth doing always starts as a bad idea. — Leigh Bardugo

I choose not to give energy to the emotions of revenge, hatred or the desire to subjugate. — Rosanne Cash