Underperformer Quotes & Sayings

It is pointless to be any less than all you can be. — Nick Bantock

My dream is to walk around the world. A smallish backpack, all essentials neatly in place. A camera. A notebook. A traveling paint set. A hat. Good shoes. A nice pleated (green?) skirt for the occasional seaside hotel afternoon dance. — Maira Kalman

The spirit of the times can haunt even the atheists. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

There is this to be said for Dachsunds of such length and lowness as Nelly, that it makes very little difference to their appearance whether they stand, sit or lie. — Samuel Beckett

Write your name in kindness, love and mercy on the hearts of the thousands you come in contact with year by year, and you will never be forgotten. — Thomas Chalmers

When the owl sings, the night is silent. (Quand le hibou chante, La nuit est silence) — Charles De Leusse

I knew that part of friendship consisted in accepting a friend's shortcomings, which sometimes included his parents. — John Knowles

Writing is a conviction before it is a craft. — Joshua Cohen