Famous Quotes & Sayings

Anne Lamott

I got one of the five golden tickets to be a writer, and I take that seriously. I don't love my own work at all, but I love my own self. I love that I've been given the chance to capture the stories that come through me.

Anne Lamott

No matter what circumstances, it's hard to be a parent and maintain a sense of self and identity in the world.

Anne Lamott

It's so great to be able to make people laugh, because this is so often how we get our selves back.

Anne Lamott

When we search for something larger than our own selves to hook into, we can come through whatever life throws at us.

Ann Voskamp

I make soup and I back bread and I know my supreme need is joy in God and I know I can't experience deep joy in God until I deep trust in God. I shine sinks and polish through to the realization that trusting God is my most urgent need. If I deep trusted God in all the facets of my life, wouldn't that deep heal my anxiety, my self-condemnation, my soul holes? The fear is suffocating, terrorizing, and I want the remedy, and it is trust. Trust is everything. If fear keeps our lives small, does a life that receives all of God in this moment grow large too?

Alastair Reynolds

Autocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another.

Alastair Campbell

Paul Keating told us before we were elected that you can do deals with [Rupert] Murdoch without saying you were doing a deal. Did we do that kind of thing? Maybe. But from around about the turn of the century, I felt strongly that we had to do something about media ownership and self-regulation. Tony [Blair] disagreed.

Alastair Campbell

My public caricature - that of a self-confident alpha male - is only partly accurate.

Albert Bandura

Convictions that outcomes are determined by one's own actions can be either demoralizing or heartening, depending on the level of self-judged efficacy. People who regard outcomes as personally determined, but who lack the requisite skills, would experience low self-efficacy and view the activities with a sense of futility

Alan King

Comedy is an amazing calling. Once you get that first laugh, it's hard to turn away. Then, of course, you're hooked and you have to learn how to survive in the business.

Roger Andrew Taylor

Some people even went off to form another band, Power Station.

Pamela Jones

Some people don't care. It's all about values. In my neighborhood, they would throw you out if you let your yard get all trashy.

Bryn Terfel

Some people disapprove of crossover, but who cares?

Dinsha Patel

Some people only talk, while some only work. Sardar Patel was one such leader, who always worked without talking.

Norman Stone

Some people may see it as trading insults,

Tim Johnson

Some people may raise an eyebrow, but this is not unprecedented,

Steve Orlando

Some people may have thought so, but there wasn't that guarantee.

Caitlyn Jenner

Some people look gender non-conforming because they want to look that way - they don't want to conform to society's expectations.

Jim Rash

Some people like to purge out a draft and just let it go and then go back and fix it, but I'm a writer-rewriter. I can't move on until I feel like it's presentable.