Vissenaken B B Quotes & Sayings

To begin with, the key principle of American indie rock wasn't a circumscribed musical style; it was the punk ethos of DIY, or do-it-yourself. The equation was simple: If punk was rebellious and DIY was rebellious, then doing it yourself was punk. 'Punk was about more than just starting a band,' former Minutemen bassist Mike Watt once said, 'it was about starting a label, it was about touring, it was about taking control. It was like songwriting; you just do it. You want a record, you pay the pressing plant. That's what it was all about.' — Michael Azerrad

Some people like to call me cocky or arrogant, but I just think 'how dare you assume I should think less of myself' — Ronda Rousey

The world is full of pots jeering at kettles. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

People may refuse our love or reject our message, but they are defenseless against our prayers. — Rick Warren

There are certain things we must not pray about - moods, for instance. Moods never go by praying, moods go by kicking. — Oswald Chambers

Her speeches were about the sanctity of the home, about how women should stay home. Serena Joy didn't do this herself, she made speeches instead, but she presented this failure of hers as a sacrifice she was making for the good of all. — Margaret Atwood

He died at the wrong time, when there was much to be clarified and established. They hadn't even started to be grown-ups together. There was this piece of heaven, this little girl he'd carried around the shop on his shoulders; and then one day she was gone, replaced by a foreigner, an uncooperative woman he didn't know how to speak to. Being so confused, so weak, so in love, he chose strength and drove her away from himself. The last years he spent wondering where she'd gone, and slowly came to realise that she would never return, and that the husband he'd chosen for her was an idiot. — Hanif Kureishi

I refuse to put myself into a situation in which I have to face some kind of "I'm losing it" kind of thing. I'm not "losing it"; it's changed. What it is is changing. — Bradford Cox

Industrial society seems likely to be entering a period of severe stress, due in part to problems of human behavior and in part to economic and environmental problems — Cyril Connolly

Her name was a silent song on his lips. Her love was like a circle in the water, radiating ever outward, inevitably encompassing even the remotest of hearts. — Susan Wiggs

remember, just because you're writing fiction doesn't mean that you can ignore facts. It is those details that make fiction compelling and, in many cases, very real for the reader. — Roy A. Teel Jr.

The Excellence Manifesto #1

I pledge myself to patience.
I pledge myself to boldness.
I pledge myself to kindness.
I pledge myself to prudence.
I pledge myself to cheerfulness.
I pledge myself to genuineness.
I pledge myself to goodness.

I commit to skilfulness.
I commit to diligence.
I commit to resourcefulness.
I commit to excellence.
I commit to perseverance.
I commit to brilliance.
I commit to transcendence. — Matshona Dhliwayo

I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds. — Tommy Shaw

He picked up a towel to dry his hair. "You coming to work out?"
"Yes."
"You want me to reset the machine?"
No, I want to ride you until you're begging me for mercy. Clearing her throat, she tried to shove that imagine out of her mind. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Advent increases our hope, a hope which does not disappoint. The Lord never lets us down. — Pope Francis