Toehold Quotes & Sayings

I know people who are twice as creative as I am, twice as smart, but they didn't do anything because they feared going into a room and opening their mouths. My parents told me to truly accomplish things in my life, there would be times I would have to stand alone. It may be scary, but that's what it requires. — Queen Latifah

You can see why doubting one's own craziness is
considered a good sign: It's a sort of flailing response by
the second interpreter. What's happening? the second
interpreter is saying. He tells me it's a tiger but I'm not
convinced; maybe there's something wrong with me.
Enough doubt is in there to give "reality" a toehold. — Susanna Kaysen

Falling apart can be a good thing." - Ana J. Awakens — Stacie Hammond

It's good for me to pull away from something that is just done for effect, which was basically Sue White in 'Green Wing.' In that, it was very much: if in trouble, gurn, or fall down. There was no character background to Sue. You didn't know who she was. She didn't have any toehold in any kind of reality. — Michelle Gomez

The aspiration of all writers should be to avoid leaving fissures in their work, to make sure that everything is properly secured so readers won't find a single toehold for their suspicions. — Marcos Giralt Torrente

She saw a dust-bearing bee sink into the sanctum of a bloom; the thousand sister-calyxes arch to meet the love embrace and the ecstatic shiver of the tree from root to tiniest branch creaming in every blossom and frothing with delight. So this was a marriage! — Zora Neale Hurston

My dad had a personal style which was very attractive. It was quite reserved and quite elegant, and it was infectious. — Bill Nighy

When one becomes accustomed to "companionship" without demands, life with people may seem overwhelming. Dependence on a person is risky but it also opens us to deeply knowing another. — Sherry Turkle

I don't like flying. I'm a bit scared of it and don't enjoy the whole experience. — Rick Astley

Destiny is thrifty. To weave her tapestry, she uses even the tiniest snips of thread. — Zelda Popkin

I think America is a hard nut to crack. But once you get a toehold, it's a great place for an entrepreneur because people are so enthusiastic, and you have the most enthusiastic audiences in world. — Simon Cowell

What is the use of having powers, doctor, when one has no field upon which to exert them? — Arthur Conan Doyle

His mother wanted him closer to home. The funeral had been — Carl Hiaasen

I haven't really had that many opportunities to play 'lead' so I guess I jumped at the chance. I have also never done any 'sci-fi' projects and thought it might be fun. — Julie Bowen

One doesn't live in a country, one lives in a language. — Emile M. Cioran

The failures of other genres to provide an emotional connection with some of their characters and narratives gives memoir a toehold. — Mary Karr

When you're a writer, you never know which of your pieces are going to gain a toehold and which will not, and it's best not to care too much. — Rick Perlstein

I was pretty far gone, but not so far gone that I thought anyone with half a toehold in reality would think what we were doing was a good idea. — Meg Rosoff