Subconsciously Clenching Quotes & Sayings

I don't consider myself a martial-arts star. I'd be offended and disappointed if I got a reputation as a martial-arts star. — Steven Seagal

A man is what a man is; he recognises his deficiencies and tries to conquer them or plans around them. — James Edwin Gunn

I am caught in this contradiction: on the one hand, I believe I know the other better than anyone and triumphantly assert my knowledge to the other ("I know you - I'm the only one who really knows you!"); and on the other hand, I am often struck by the obvious fact that the other is impenetrable, intractable, not to be found; I cannot open up the other, trace back the other's origins, solve the riddle. Where does the other come from? Who is the other? I wear myself out, I shall never know. — Roland Barthes

It is not to remain in a golden ciborium that He comes down each day from Heaven, but to find another Heaven, the Heaven of our soul in which He takes delight. — Therese Of Lisieux

You can get a lot of work done if you stay with it and are excited and its play instead of work. — Joseph Campbell

While the crash only took place six months ago, I am convinced we have now passed the worst, and with continued unity of effort, we shall rapidly recover. There is one certainty of the future of a people of the resources, intelligence and character of the people of the United States - that is, prosperity. — Herbert Hoover