Tak Desperation Quotes & Sayings

Negotiating with memories isn't easy: how to choose between those panting to be told, those still ripening, those already shriveling, and those destined to be mangled by language and come out pulverized? — Steve Toltz

Skill + hard work = Success
Skill + hard work + prayer = Great success — Matshona Dhliwayo

There's an old saying that great writing is simple but not easy, and so it is. The search for that one plain but inobvious [SIC] word that will do the work of five, the agony of untangling a complex idea that has become a mess of phrases in the writer's mind, the willingness to keep doing it over and over again until it is right
all of that plus some luck yields prose so clear that it seems a child could have written it. — William Souder

Gin for executions, beer for birthdays, wine for weddings. — P.J. Wolfson

My teacher said I would either be a hoodlum, or a great entertainer. — Rick James

Do your fears warn of external dangers? Or, are they the kind that keep you from becoming more of your true self? — Gina Greenlee

Tell the children the truth. — Bob Marley

We have very stable mechanisms of conflict resolution in terms of labor relations, we have a very good transportation infrastructure, we provide our children with an excellent education and the gap between rich and poor in Germany is relatively narrow. On the other hand, we have trouble accepting change. — Angela Merkel

The goal of the disciple of Jesus, then, is not to answer the question, "What is God's will for my life?" The goal, instead, is to walk in God's will on a moment-by-moment, day-by-day basis. — David Platt