Stiffeners Quotes & Sayings

Passion rules reason, for better or for worse
Wizard's Rule #3 — Terry Goodkind

I'm an actor, and, beyond that, the thing I do most compulsively is writing. So I come at it very much from this sense of character. I get interested in people. And I feel confident in my capacity to absorb and manifest the characteristics of people. I have a real auditory hang-up for dialogue; re-creating the way people talk really is an addiction in my brain. — Edward Norton

John of the Cross, writing from his prison cell, says in the dark night the soul is pained but not hopeless. "God's love is not content to leave us in our weakness, and for this reason he takes us into a dark night. He weans us from all of the pleasures by giving us dry times and inward darkness ... No soul will ever grow deep in the spiritual life unless God works passively in that soul by means of the dark night." We — John Ortberg

From reserved parking places to separate bathrooms, the last things managers need are extravagant status symbols that tell them that they are better than the people who work for them. — Dean M. Schroeder

One must be brave if one is to take the wheel. — Meryl Streep

Food, like the people who eat it, can be stimulated by wine or spirits. And, as with people, it can also be spoiled. — Julia Child

Writing fiction, like reading fiction, is a practice in empathy. — Jennifer Haigh

It's my goal to make a building as immaterial as possible. Architecture is a very material thing. It takes a lot of resources, so why not eliminate what you don't need as long as you're able to achieve the same result? — Helmut Jahn

Warren Buffett's company reportedly owes the IRS a billion dollars in back taxes. When he said he wasn't paying enough taxes, he wasn't kidding. — Jay Leno

Today more Americans are imprisoned for drug offenses than for property crimes. — George Will

We are having the 100th anniversary of 2015 year of the first in the nation primary in New Hampshire. And these voters take their responsibility very seriously. They like to kick the tires. They get the most up close and personal look in the entire arc of the campaign at the candidates. And debates are time consuming. — Hillary Clinton

Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality. — Salvador Dali

I like singing all songs, really, but I find that writing social commentary comes naturally. — Damian Marley