Occasional Quotes - Page 3

• Jazz hadn't given her many details of exactly what life in the Dent house had been like, but he'd told her enough that she knew it wasn't hearts and flowers. Well, except for the occasional heart cut from a chest. And the kind of flowers you send to funerals.

  Barry Lyga

  Flower, Heart, Cutting

  4 Copy quote

• I look forward to teaching the occasional class, 'cause I was a professor. And I had fun doing it.

  Barack Obama

  Fun, Teaching, Class

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• We must abandon the notion that the people govern. Instead, we must adopt the theory that, by their occasional mobilisations as a majority, people support or oppose the individuals who actually govern.

  Walter Lippmann

  Freedom, People, Support

  Walter Lippmann, Clinton Rossiter, James Lare (1982). “The Essential Lippmann: A Political Philosophy for Liberal Democracy”, p.107, Harvard University Press

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• An occasional foray into negative emotions makes feeling normal that much sweeter.

  Brandon Mull

  Feelings, Normal, Negative

  Brandon Mull (2008). “Rise of the Evening Star”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• But I've grown thoughtful now. And you have lost Your early-morning freshness of surprise At being so utterly mine: you've learned to fear The gloomy, stricken places in my soul, And the occasional ghosts that haunt my gaze.

  Siegfried Sassoon

  Morning, Thoughtful, Soul

  Siegfried Sassoon (1949). “Collected Poems”

  17 Copy quote

  Show source

• The muted color scheme allows the occasional brighter yellow or red to pop out on the wall in a show, which I like.

  Marcel Dzama

  Wall, Color, Yellow

  Source: therumpus.net

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Many other such substitutes for war will be discovered, but perhaps precisely thereby it will become more and more obvious that such a highly cultivated and therefore necessarily enfeebled humanity as that of modern Europe not only needs wars, but the greatest and most terrible wars, consequently occasional relapses into barbarism, lest, by the means of culture, it should lose its culture and its very existence.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  War, Mean, Europe

  5 Copy quote

• The mind travels faster than the pen; consequently, writing becomes a question of learning to make occasional wing shots, bringing down the bird of thought as it flashes by. A writer is a gunner, sometimes waiting in the blind for something to come in, sometimes roaming the countryside hoping to scare something up.

  E. B. White

  Writing, Wings, Bird

  "The Elements of Style" by William Strunk, Jr., E. B. White, (Ch. V), 1972.

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• Tuatha De do not walk the human realm alone. Actually, they don't walk alone much anywhere. Only the occasional rogue Fae will do so." "Like yourself?" "Yes Most of my kind have no fondness for solitude. Those who walk alone are not to be trusted." "Really," she said dryly. "Except for me," he amended, with a faint, insouciant grin.

  Karen Marie Moning

  Solitude, Fae, Rogues

  4 Copy quote

• Love...who needed love? As long as she had her books and her friends and an occasional hookup, she was perfectly content.

  Lauren Conrad

  Book, Long, Needed Love

  Lauren Conrad (2009). “L.A. Candy”, p.10, Harper Collins

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• We [with Nimai Larson] listened to hardly any music except Hare Krishna music growing up and the occasional Garth Brooks that our babysitter would play for us. From a very early age, we looked at music as mantra based, very cyclical, and having no linear time.

  Taraka Larson

  Growing Up, Play, Age

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• dating you would be like a series of unnecessary root canals interspersed with occasional makeout sessions.

  John Green

  Roots, Dating, Would Be

  John Green, David Levithan (2010). “Will Grayson, Will Grayson”, p.85, Penguin

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• While I am happy to make the occasional foray into educational philosophy - writing, for example, of the difficulty in the contemporary context for a teacher to be 'truthful' - it is more the personal conduct of a life than social institutions that I am concerned to examine.

  David E. Cooper

  Teacher, Educational, Philosophy

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• It's important me as a musician and also as an occasional show goer to feel the presence of a band on stage, to hear a PA reverberating and slapping off the walls, the push and pull of an audience, the blood, sweat, and heat. It's a primal thing in a way.

  Jacob Bannon

  Wall, Blood, Sweat

  Source: pitchfork.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I think if you look after yourself on a regular basis, and do the prep beforehand, you don't need to put lots of effort into looking good. It's about finding the right balance - if you have a good diet, drink lots of water, exercise regularly and sleep, you won't look bad on a regular basis. Then you can afford the occasional naughty slip up once in a while, going out and having a delicious glass of wine with friends, having a great laugh and chat then realizing its 2am isn't so bad - you've put in the hard work!

  Cat Deeley

  Hard Work, Wine, Sleep

  "Cat Deeley: Water babe! The presenter shares her beauty secrets on the set of an amazing underwater photoshoot". Interview with Toni Jones, www.dailymail.co.uk. December 27, 2012.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I've found you can ignore half of what Dox tells you and not miss much-except for maybe they occasional complaint that you're spending too much.

  Brandon Sanderson

  Found You, Missing, Half

  Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Mistborn Trilogy”, p.394, Macmillan

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude. That which I was not but could have been. That which I would have done but did not do. Can I find the fortitude to remember in truth,to understand, to submit, to forgive and to be free to move on in time?

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Forgiveness, Attitude, Moving

  8 Copy quote

• While I was the mayor of Bogotá, I received occasional death threats. Therefore, I had to use a bullet-proof vest. I made a hole right where my heart is. The hole was in the shape of a heart. I believe this kind of gesture, gave me indeed more protection.

  Antanas Mockus

  Believe, Heart, Use

  19 Copy quote

• Never look back, except for an occasional glance, look ahead and plan for the future. Success is not built on past laurels, but rather on a continuous activity. Keep busy searching out new ideas and, experimentally, keep ahead of the times, or at least up with them.

  Dorothy Draper

  Moving On, Success, Perseverance

  62 Copy quote

• The true history of Vietnamese civilian suffering does not fit comfortably into America's preferred postwar narrative - the tale of a conflict nobly fought by responsible commanders and good American boys, who should not be tainted by the occasional mistakes of a few 'bad apples' in their midst.

  Nick Turse

  Mistake, Boys, Apples

  Nick Turse (2013). “Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam”, p.256, Macmillan

  6 Copy quote

  Show source

• A rainbow every morning who would pause
  to look at? The wonderful which comes often or is plentifully about us is soon taken for granted. Th at is practical enough. It allows us to get on with life. But it may stultify if it
  cannot on occasion be thrown off . To recapture now and then childhood’s wonder, is to secure a driving force
  for occasional grown-up thoughts.

  Charles Scott Sherrington

  Morning, Taken, Rainbow

  13 Copy quote

• I'm far from being reclusive. I have thirty or forty year friendships that I prefer to meeting new people. I go to an occasional party, but just because I don't go to a lot of events, and I'm not out in public all the time doesn't mean I'm anti-social or a recluse.

  Kirk Kerkorian

  Friendship, Party, Mean

  7 Copy quote

• When I start on a book, I have been thinking about it and making occasional notes for some time... So I have lots of theme, locale, subjects and technical ideas... I don't worry about long periods of not doing anything. I know my subconscious is busy.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Book, Thinking, Ideas

  7 Copy quote

• Shake off your blunders. How will you know your limits without an occasional failure? Never quit. Your turn will come.

  Og Mandino

  Never Quit, Limits, Quitting

  Og Mandino (2010). “A Better Way to Live: Og Mandino's Own Personal Story of Success Featuring 17 Rules to Live By”, p.60, Bantam

  22 Copy quote

  Show source

• Don't get discouraged. As far as I'm concerned, a positive attitude is the most important attribute any runner can have. You'll need it often. Every runner has bad days, every runner has occasional injuries, and every runner eventually slows down (take it from someone who has slowed down a lot). But as long as you maintain a positive attitude, you'll find ways to overcome the obstacles and continue running. After all, running offers countless rewards. It's simply up to you to find the ones that have the most meaning for you.

  Amby Burfoot

  Running, Attitude, Bad Day

  7 Copy quote