Thirza Mcauliffe Quotes & Sayings

There is no such thing as a silent, personal epiphany. — Tim W. Burke

This famous quote hangs over my desk, as well as the desks of many people with the hubris and optimism to believe they can change the world for the better. It seems implausible, yet time and again history has proven it true. Virtually every major shift in cultural history can trace its origins to the work of a small group, often gathered around an innovative thinker or body of thought. — Alan AtKisson

From the Olympian heights of an executive suite, in an atmosphere where your success is judged by the extent to which you can maximise profits, the overwhelming tendency must be to see people as units of production, as indices in your accountants' books. — Jimmy Reid

I never got formal training in music. I would just sit with my ear to the speaker and my hand on the needle. I'd listen to Wanda Jackson and think, 'How did she do that?,' and lift the needle and try it myself. — Imelda May

I remember teachers who really singled me out for their discouragement. — Francis Ford Coppola

I never go wild with nails. — Abbey Clancy

If wishes were horses, beggers would ride — Joanne Harris

Some colored people so scared of whitefolks they claim to love the cotton gin. — Alice Walker

Midway between the too soiled ground and the too-sublime vaults, at the level of the air, entering the skin of the role, poetry plays its game. — Michel Leiris

I want to empower women. I want people to be afraid of the women I dress. — Alexander McQueen

Things are never lost to you; you are lost to them. If ever in need of a Thing that has lost you, simply stop hiding from it. — Shannon Hale

Many of us harbor hidden low self-esteem. We deem everything and everyone more important that ourselves and think that meeting their needs is more important than meeting our own. But if you run out of gas, everyone riding with you will be left stranded. — T.D. Jakes

I hope I will be a calm mother; I do yoga and I meditate, and those should help. — Courtney Thorne-Smith