V Szi Margit Quotes & Sayings

When you're writing there's a deep, deep level of concentration way below your normal self. This strange voice, these strange sentences come out of you. — John Banville

Fairness has not been enhanced by the tax code, but lobbyists have been made rich, politicians have been re-elected, and the economy has been made to suffer. — Jim Bridenstine

Images are not quite ideas, they are stiller than that, with less implication outside themselves. And they are not myth, they do not have the explanatory power; they are nearer to pure story. Nor are they always metaphors; they do not say this is that, they say this is. — Robert Hass

Our customer base is not necessarily a leader, an early adopter. — Lee Scott

Management is clearly different from leadership. Leadership is primarily a high-powered, right-brain activity. It's more of an art it's based on a philosophy. You have to ask the ultimate questions of life when you're dealing with personal leadership issues. — Stephen Covey

My parents were told by the principal of West Barnstable Elementary School and my teacher that I was a bright boy whose spelling was in the retarded range and whose handwriting was the worst they'd ever seen. I find it embarrassing that I spell so badly. I will do almost anything to avoid being embarrassed, but no effort either on my part or on the part of any teacher has ever dented my utter bafflement when it comes to choosing which letters to put down, how many, and in what order. — Mark Vonnegut

For if by chance some woman wishes to be thought of as wise, she does nothing but show herself twice a fool. — Erasmus

My life is as an artist, not an entertainer. I don't consider myself an entertainer, but I can do that thing when I want to. — Dan Fogelberg

It is impossible to found a civilisation on fear and hatred and cruelty. It would never endure. — George Orwell

Simplify; small is beautiful; cherish the living earth; bless the community where you live; think globally, act locally; watch your boundaries; choose what is handmade with love; don't eat food you don't like; don't be deprived of firelight; don't take anything seriously; and don't let people get you down." Ember — Penelope Wilcock

A daughter, a wife, a grandson,' You could say this place took away all I had. I could easily appear to be one of those unfortunate white men you hear about, who thought too lovingly of the other races and civilization of the world, who left his own country in the West to set up a home among them in the East, and was ruined as a result, paying dearly for his foolish mistake. His life smashed to pieces by the barbarians surrounding him. — Nadeem Aslam

I scored a 910 on my SAT. I didn't care about education. I don't know what I cared about. — Skeet Ulrich

We are too mercurial for our own good. — Erin Morgenstern

Over the years I have photographed thousands of people. I have never stopped being curious and trying to discover new worlds. I have used my camera as a mirror for my subjects as well. I remember photographing a woman in her 80s for my book, Wise Women, who told me it had been a long time since anyone had really been interested in "seeing" or photographing her. When she saw the picture, she burst into tears. She saw something in the photograph, an inner beauty and soul, she felt had long ago vanished. — Joyce Tenneson

Your not gone yet, but I can feel you slipping, slipping away. — Elizabeth Heller