Uakland Quotes & Sayings

The sum of greatest is not asking 'What do I want to be' but rather 'Who do I want to be — Todd Stocker

Nice sends a message that the woman is willing to sacrifice pay to be liked by others. — Sheryl Sandberg

How much I'd always envied the tight life of voles. The hidey hole was happiness. — Sam Lipsyte

I have wonderful band mates that make music that I'm forced to listen to for hours on end until I come up with verses, and that in itself is an inspiration - they're awesome. — Nikki Jean

They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it. — Dee Brown

I suppose that people, using themselves and each other so much by words, are at least consistent in attributing wisdom to a still tongue ... — William Faulkner

I'm always interested in talented or odd people, and my whole life I've written about geniuses who society has treated badly and they strike back - or not. — David Lagercrantz

May your strength be not in your fingernails but in your heart! — Kelly Flanagan

I like radio better than television because if you make a mistake on radio, they don't know. You can make up anything on the radio. — Phil Rizzuto

Always live in the moment but plan and enjoy the journey ahead — Margo Vader

Q: What is creativity? A: The relationship between a human being and the mysteries of inspiration. — Elizabeth Gilbert

Then why?"
"Because you expect me to fail. You expect me to do wrong. To be reckless. To ruin myself."
"Why not work to prove me wrong?"
"But don't you see? I am proving you wrong. If I choose recklessness, where is the failure? If I choose it for myself, you cannot force it upon me. — Sarah MacLean

literature. "I like to read. Sometimes I write." "What do you write about?" "People I run into. Everyday stuff. But I guess really it's about a path to God." That was what I felt about my artwork, too, not being comfortable at church but always pursuing a belief in something, trying to close that gap between the something and me, and saying it made me brace myself in the way one sometimes does when she expects she is about to be ridiculed. — April Ayers Lawson

When we dedicate our talent to serving a neighbor, it is possibly one of the highest forms of worship; something sacred transpires when we sacrifice our time and dedicate our God-given loves and talents to one another. — Matt Litton