Torgesen 1997 Quotes & Sayings

My new favorite word is 'awkward.' ... Th e reason we need to be in search of awkward is that awkward is the barrier between us and excellence, between where we are and the remarkable. If it were easy, everyone would have done it already, and it wouldn't be worth the effort. — Seth Godin

A comedy isn't about being funny ... a comedy is about characters who dare to know that they may choose a happy ending after all. — Gary D. Schmidt

I'm a Buddhist and active in my Buddhist's Association, and I'm actually a National Young Women's representative for the organization, so I travel a lot helping young women who are practicing Buddhism. — Vinessa Shaw

The gap between understanding and misunderstanding can best be bridged by thought! — Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

My goal has always been to slow down as slowly as possible. It's as simple as that. — Frank Shorter

Man is never truly himself except when he is actively creating something. — Dorothy L. Sayers

Problems can usually be solved with simple, mundane solutions. That means there's no glamorous work. You don't get to show off your amazing skills. You just build something that gets the job done and then move on. This approach may not earn you oohs and aahs, but it lets you get on with it. — Jason Fried

Everyone knows the principles of Beautiful life but,
only few of them have opportunities to follow them. — Kartik Mehta

There's the trick: to find the way - whether forwards or back - to what we long to be. — Rose Tremain

Goodbye, my friend, goodbye. My dear, you are in my heart. Predestined separation promises a future meeting. — Sergei Yesenin

We're now seeing email that people thought they had deleted showing up as evidence in court. You can't erase email. As that becomes more commonly realized, people will be a little wiser about what they type. — Judith Martin

If you wanna be an artist carry sketch pad with you, and sketch everything you see. Get so you can draw anything and it looks like what it's supposed to be. It's a lot of work, but if you really have it in you, it's not like work. It becomes fun. — Stan Lee

Whatever attitudes we habitually use toward ourselves, we will use on others, and whatever attitudes we habitually use toward others, we will use on ourselves. — Henepola Gunaratana

sometimes everybody tells you something because it is true." "sometimes," nina clarified, "everybody tells you something because they are everybody... — Amor Towles