Toplab Quotes & Sayings

As a soldier, you don't stand at attention because it looks nice. You stand at attention because, on some level, it either gives you strength or, just as important, makes you appear stronger to both your comrades and enemies. — Harlan Coben

I feel a lot more comfortable being me these days. I'm constantly told that my work is good. A lot of fans and a lot of other artists say my songs and albums mean a lot to them. Isn't that what's important? — Lucinda Williams

Australia is the most isolated continent. — Jared Diamond

it's in the genes — Lois Denny

I hate the gooks. I will hate them as long as I live. — John McCain

Compose aloud: poetry is a sound. Never explain- your reader is as smart as you. Your reader is not just any reader, but is the rare one with ears in his head. — Basil Bunting

Character is undergoing constant change, for better or for worse
either being elevated on the one hand, or degraded on the other. — Samuel Smiles

Without experience, how will you know what exist? — Lailah Gifty Akita

When I was coming up, I kept a ton of comic books, almost 300 comic books. Back in the day, they didn't used to cost that much, so I used to keep 'em, collect 'em, trade 'em. — Michael Clarke Duncan

To fight for each minute is to
fight for what is possible within
yourself,
so that your life and your death
will not be like
theirs. — Charles Bukowski

If you love anything in this world more than God, you will crush that object under the weight of your expectations. — Timothy Keller

Writers are notoriously unable to know about themselves. Faulkner thought 'The Fable' was his best novel. F. Scott Fitzgerald liked 'Tender Is the Night,' an experimental novel. — Joyce Carol Oates

This is the miracle of life: that each person who heeds him or herself knows what no scientist can ever know: who he or she is. — Soren Kierkegaard

I don't have one movie that is my favorite, I have about 25-30 favorites. — Jeff Bridges

Truth reforms as well as informs. — William Jenkyn