Van Brocklin San Ramon Quotes & Sayings

I know there is a moment when sound slips down the torn lining of itself into silence, is carried unheard and secret in its own pocket. But the crimson birds could find no such escape, no means of slipping beyond themselves between the cracks of color and song to a white undiscovered silence. — Janet Frame

The only meaningful measure for a leader is whether the team succeeds or fails. For all the definitions, descriptions, and characterizations of leaders, there are only two that matter: effective and ineffective. Effective leaders lead successful teams that accomplish their mission and win. Ineffective leaders do not. — Jocko Willink

But controversy is a teacher. — Gloria Steinem

A promise fulfilled may be a classic moment, but prophecies mean anticlimax. How much more awesome was an unexpected salvation? — China Mieville

I like that show 'Ray Donovan' - I'm obsessed with that. He's in Hollywood, he's some kind of a fixer, but he's also kind of a thug. And 'Scandal,' the D.C. one with Kerry Washington. — Kim Gordon

In America, the government is accountable to the people, not the other way around," says a constitutional law scholar sympathetic to the antiwar movement on the subject of the anonymous police. — Nathan Hill

I have a very dark sense of humor. I swear. I have a very playful relationship with Jesus. — Anne Lamott

I love my co-hosts and the crew at 'The Talk.' — Marissa Jaret Winokur

Without failing at one thing, there won't be an opportunity to try again, learn and grow. Life isn't static but dynamic. Learn to embrace whatever situation you may face and strive to overcome. Believe in yourself, knowing your best is yet to come. — Kemi Sogunle

Could a love of that magnitude die? If it was true love, could it ever die? Was there such a thing as true love? — Mary Balogh

Death is a cessation of the impressions through the senses, and of the pulling of the strings that move the appetites, and of the discursive movements of the thoughts, and of the service to the flesh. — Marcus Aurelius

I can't emphasize the immediate panic that would set in when I had to audition. I can't believe I did it. — Kurt Fuller

Tolerance is only another name for indifference. — W. Somerset Maugham

Never will I overindulge the requests of my flesh, rather I will cherish my body with cleanliness and moderation. — Og Mandino