Unpreparedness Thesaurus Quotes & Sayings

What has been is no more. Change has come. — Dean Koontz

Many writers secretly long to be performers. You always get the 'if you weren't a writer' question. I would be a back-up singer, to stand in the back and go like 'do, do, do.' — Jennifer Weiner

Some things you did were worth regretting; others not. — Richard Yates

When 'Carmen' premiered in 1875, it was panned by the critics. It survived 45 performances. It was called a musical and moral outrage. After Bizet died, at age 37, 'Carmen' became wildly popular. If you believe in your creation, and the rest of the world is laughing or yelling 'Boo,' don't give up. — Karen DeCrow

I make movies for me and posterity. I'm more scared of history than I am of the studio. — Doug Liman

Gifts must affect the receiver to the point of shock. — Walter Benjamin

Just watching my cats can make me happy. — Paula Cole

My basic philosophy of teaching was straightforward and deeply personal. I wanted to teach the way I wished that I myself had been taught. Which is to say, I hoped to convey the sheer joy of learning, the thrill of understanding things about the universe. I wanted to pass along to students not only the logic but the beauty of math and science. Furthermore, I wanted to do this in a way that would be equally helpful to kids studying a subject for the first time and for adults who wanted to refresh their knowledge; for students grappling with homework and for older people hoping to keep their minds active and supple. — Salman Khan

Children have such vibrant minds. They need to play. They need to be creative. They need to imagine. It's so important for their sense of self discovery. And it helps them learn problem-solving. — Jan Brett

I have significant concerns about reducing the 188th Fighter Wing's capabilities, and will fight tooth and nail against attempts to reduce its personnel or take away aircraft. — Mark Pryor

If man
if each one of us
abdicates his responsibilities with regard to values; if each one of us limits himself to leading a trivial existence in a technological civilization, with greater adaptation and increasing success as his sole objectives; if we do not even consider the possibility of making a stand against these determinants, then everything will happen as I have described it, and the determinates will be transformed into inevitabilities. — Jacques Ellul

Do you have any idea how creepy that is, that you were in love with my mother and you're so ... all over me? — Lili St. Crow

Plentitude, when too plentitudinous, was worst than destitution, for obviously what could one do, if there was nothing one could not? — Stanislaw Lem

Self-confidence is divine force. — Lailah Gifty Akita