Vicky Belo Quotes & Sayings

Straight is the way to Acheron,
Whether the spirit's race is run
From Athens or from Meroe:
Weep not, far from home to die;
The wind doth blow in every sky
That wafts us to that doleful sea. — John Addington Symonds

Why compare yourself with others? No one in the entire world can do a better job of being you than you. — Eric Thomas

If the finest genius studies at one of our colleges, and is not installed in an office within one year afterwards in the cities or suburbs of Boston or New York, it seems to his friends and to himself that he is right in being disheartened, and in complaining the rest of his life. A sturdy lad from New Hampshire or Vermont, who in turn tries all the professions, who teams it, farms it, peddles, keeps a school, preaches, edits a newspaper, goes to Congress, buys a township, and so forth, in successive years, and always, like a cat, falls on his feet, is worth a hundred of these city dolls. He walks abreast with his days, and feels no shame in not 'studying a profession,' for he does not postpone his life, but lives already. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

A little more than he bargained for, perhaps," said Dick Mannering. "It's always that - when it's the truth," replied Balfour. — Eleanor Catton

I probably should be thinking of better ideas on how to promote myself, but I don't really spend a lot of time doing it. I really don't know how to promote effectively. — Michael Ian Black

I've heard that sarcasm is no substitute for cleverness — Meredith Duran

Insecurity is unnecessary - you will get what you deserve. — Jack Canfield

Any Advance in wisdom requires a good dose of shamelessness. Intimacy — Hanif Kureishi

And for so long, I had thought if I was going to write a song, or get "into" something, I had to at least smoke a joint or something. And that didn't work anymore. Once I was fairly well cleaned out, even a little bit of a drug getting into my work threw me off kilter. — Iggy Pop

I don't want to die," whispered Marina. "and not feel just once what you feel." She struggled for her breath. "Just once in my life, Tania!"
"Tanechka ... " she whispered. What does it feel like?" Tatiana continued to gently caress Marina's forehead. "It feels," she whispered, "as if you're not alone. — Paullina Simons

If one looks at creativity as a resource that we continually draw upon to make something from nothing, then our fear stems from the need to make the nonexistent come into being. — Ed Catmull

I played a lot of football when I was younger. I'm a good receiver, actually. — Shania Twain

I do think that there are gray lines of morality in a newsroom, when it comes to some stories. The best-intentioned journalist still has a difficult mission, to try to boil down people. — Jim Lynch

Truly, the only stupid people I've ever met, the most absolutely clueless, are the very people that produce television. — Bill Hicks