Zetas Of Charlotte Quotes & Sayings

The first obligation of the writer is to be interesting. To be interesting; not to change the world. — John Barth

And a noble life is one ordered by, and oriented to, a transcendent moral code, not just one's own concept of existence and meaning and truth ... if we want a society that reveres life, that defends the family, and that discourages delinquency and promotes decency, we cannot force a privatization of religion; we must allow the truth-claims of religious faith to be uttered aloud in the public square. — Rick Santorum

Well neither of us were "Buddhists" then because it was new to us. We were 60's people. Psychedelic relics, you know ... whatever, right on, radicals and world changers, social peaceniks perhaps, with a Buddhist spiritual veneer. — Surya Das

I have two grandchildren. — Gloria Allred

The old man always said we should attend to the things we have some hope of understanding, and eternity isn't one of them. Well, this world isn't one either. — Marilynne Robinson

Remember, whatever the price ... I'll beat it! I like living!
Tyrion Lannister — George R R Martin

When you really want want something the whole universe conspires you to search for that thing — Paulo Coelho

If originals aren't reliable judges of the quality of their ideas, how do they maximize their odds of creating a masterpiece? They come up with a large number of ideas. Simonton finds that on average, creative geniuses weren't qualitatively better in their fields than their peers. They simply produced a greater volume of work, which gave them more variation and a higher chance of originality. "The odds of producing an influential or successful idea," Simonton notes, are "a positive function of the total number of ideas generated. — Adam M. Grant

It is a dreary world out there. It makes one thankful after all to be indoors with a fire burning in the hearth. — Mary Balogh