Venny Etienne Quotes & Sayings

At one point, I had 14 pairs of golf shoes. — Tea Leoni

I don't get straight people, but I understand what they look like. — Duane Michals

If they're old enough to pee, they're old enough for me. — Stephen King

I'm a soul in transition, and a soul in transition is formless. — Haruki Murakami

My Dad taught me that the English upper class are sent to school to be taught to be confident, whereas in Glasgow you're born confident. I've always thought that pretty much summed me up. Born confident. — Rankin

The brain does much more than recollect. It compares, synthesizes, analyzes, generates abstractions. We must figure out much more than our genes can know. That is why the brain library is some ten thousand times larger than the gene library. Our passion for learning, evident in the behaviour of every toddler, is the tool for our survival. Emotions and ritualized behaviour patterns are built deeply into us. They are part of our humanity. But they are not characteristically human. Many other animals have feelings. What distinguishes our species is thought. The cerebral cortex is a liberation. We need no longer be trapped in the genetically inherited behaviour patterns of lizards and baboons. We are, each of us, largerly responsible for what gets put into our brains, for what, as adults, we wind up caring for and knowing about. No longer at the mercy of the reptile brain, we can change ourselves. — Carl Sagan

My mother says there are people you meet and get to know, and then there are people you meet and already know. — Colleen Hoover

When you can give without expecting anything in return, you have mastered the art of living. — Jon Mead

Me, I say too much optimism will get you killed. — Brom

Across the seat our eyes are holding hands. — Jennifer Niven

I worked for many years as a writer for children and then wrote two adult novels of the kind they call 'literary' without any very great disturbance to this kind of life. Then, something went wrong. My third adult novel was rejected by the publisher of the first two. And I could not understand the criticism offered. — Jill Paton Walsh