Sternly Def Quotes & Sayings

The music industry has always been a beast, which would eat you up and spit you out. — Annie Lennox

Being present means being completely aware of all that is. It means you're not in denial, you're not pretending, and you're not avoiding. — Debbie Ford

Too much to lament a misery is the next way to draw on a remediless mischief. — Roger Chamberlain

For the most part, Ranger had a consistent personality.
He wasn't a guy who wasted a lot of unnecessary energy and effort. He moved and he spoke with an efficient ease that was more animal than human. And he didn't telegraph his emotions. Unless Ranger had his tongue in my mouth it was usually impossible to tell what he was thinking. But every now and then, Ranger would step out of the box, and like a little treat that was doled out on special occasions, Ranger would make an entirely outrageous sexual statement.
At least it would be outrageous coming from an ordinary guy ... from Ranger it seemed on the mark. — Janet Evanovich

The world has not warmed up very much since the millennium. — James Lovelock

I'm not saying that all college students are subhuman - I'm just saying that if you aim to spend a few years mastering the art of pomposity, these are places where you can be taught by undisputed experts. — Lester Bangs

What I'm willing to admit is that my mind, as it serves my heart, becomes a very creative place, capable of surprising ingenuity and masterful reframes. And in this incredibly creative place, my world works for me, not against me. — Lori Cash Richards

In Dark Places,
May we Never be truly Alone.....
~Susan Schroder, Circle the Sun books — Susan Schroder

We should cast aside all childish games that fetter and exhaust body, speech and mind.
Stretching out in inconceivable nonaction, in the unstructured matrix, the actuality of emptiness,
where the natural perfection of reality lies, we should gaze at the uncontrived sameness of every experience,
all conditioning and ambition resolved with finality. — Longchenpa

I could have a lot of fun with Michael Jackson, I'm sure. — Laurie Foos

Hell couldn't be all bad if it had jewelry. — P.C. Cast

When warriors feel afraid they lack something, it is only because they are forgetful. They have forgotten how capable they truly are. — Mercedes Lackey

When the water is very calm and very beautiful, it won't take a long time that a thick head will throw a stone in it! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

She liked to scatter hope," Minerva said, taking his offering.
"Pardon?"
"Snowdrops. They represent hope. The first flowers in the spring. Hope for a new beginning." She took a sniff of the delicate blossoms and then shyly glanced over at him. "Perhaps you were meant to be here today. To find your hope. — Elizabeth Boyle

What determines success in industrial policy is not the ability to pick winners but the capacity to let the losers go. — Dani Rodrik