Torquil Crichton Quotes & Sayings

Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates invention. It shocks us out of sheep-like passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving ... conflict is a sine qua non of reflection and ingenuity. — John Dewey

You'll all just have to accept that Wyatt Hammer kisses me like it's the only thing he wants to do in the whole world, and I couldn't resist him. — Lauren Blakely

In therapy, I see myself in the mirror differently. — Ricky Williams

I am a composer in search of oblivion; and I'm always slightly ashamed to admit that I compose. — Alexander Borodin

If you can't say anything nice, at least have the decency to be vague. — Susan Andersen

I have never felt more confident in myself, more clear on who I am as a woman. But I am constantly thinking about my own health and making sure that I'm eating right and getting exercise and watching the aches and pains. I want to be this really fly 80-90-year old. — Michelle Obama

To a police officer, a sawed off shotgun is the ultimate nightmare. You can blow someone in half! — Steven Seagal

His mouth hardened into a tight line for a moment. "I plead for nothing." His voice deepened. "I beg for nothing." He paused, searching her eyes. "You are my heart. I beg you to forgive me, beautiful. You come before everything to me. You even come before my own pride. I'm a Zorn warrior. I have fought many battles in war. I carry scars from lost lives I took in battle. I hunt and I do it well. I have never been captured and I have never been brought to my knees." He reached out to caress her cheek. "Then I look into your eyes and remember your laugh. I am there, beautiful. You have caught me and I am on my knees to you. — Laurann Dohner

The more useful approach is to ask, "Is this thought helpful? Does it help me take action to create the life I want?" If it's helpful, pay attention. If it's not, defuse it. — Russ Harris

Like paths and alleys overgrown with hardy, rank-growing weeds, the words we use are overgrown with our individual, private, provincial associations, which tend to choke the meaning. — Stefan Themerson

These diagnostic profiles like depression, ADHD, autism, dyslexia, it's half science and the other half is a committee of doctors bickering over what it should be, and it has changed. It's not precise like a diagnosis of tuberculosis would be very precise. — Temple Grandin

I can't work completely out of my imagination. I must put my foot in a bit of truth; and then I can fly free. — Andrew Wyeth

Dubstep makes me feel confused and my headache get fixed, from chillstep I get sad - That's my story! — Deyth Banger