G.G. Collins Quotes
I stand there unmoving while they take part in the boldest form of dissent they can manage. Silence.
And when again it’s morning, they’ ll wash away. Here it’s safe, here it’s warm Here the daisies guard you from every harm
His dad said if you did something wrong to someone in public, you ought to admit it in public, too.
Autists are the ultimate square pegs, and the problem with pounding a square peg into a round hole is not that the hammering is hard work. It's that you're destroying the peg.
I wish dogs understood: 'We're going in five minutes.
Talent is being unabashedly and unapologetically fearless in the work that you do. The only difference between having talent and not having talent is fear.
The dining hall in our section of campus was like something out of an Ayn Rand novel: big, utilitarian, and impersonal.
Stupidity is actually in a way the mark of intelligence - if you're not doing stupid things that defy logic you're probably not taking enough risks.
I'm sure they didn't notice anything but you. You should wear flames more often, " he says. "They suit you.
Yeah, about that, ” says Peeta, entwining his fingers in mine. “Don’t try something like that again.” “Or what?” I ask. “Or . . . or . . .” He can’t think of anything good. “Just give me a minute.
Gale is mine. I am his. Anything else is unthinkable. Why did it take him being whipped within an inch of his life to see it?
The rancid odor mixed with the dust, death, and confusion as they awaited those who could clean up the mess and make death official.
A real hero doesn't expect to be thanked or even recognized.
Never was I supposed to hear the words 'He says he wants to see you.' But now that I have, there's no way to refuse.
How are you managing? And don't say you're fine."It's true. Whatever the opposite of fine is, that's what I am.
Why do we always think our pain will be less if we can make others suffer more?
Out of all the medical advancements in human history I'm still most in awe of that tiny little piece of toilet paper that can stop a gushing razor cut in its tracks.
Let me go!” I snarl at him, trying to wrest my arm from his grasp. “I can’t, ” he says.
The best men are not consistent in good—why should the worst men be consistent in evil?
a long time ago when cataclysms were commonas sneezes and land masses slidaround the globe looking for placesto settle down and become continents, someone introduced us at a party.
What I love about New York: the faster and more recklessly my cab driver drives the safer and all around better I feel.
I’m an entrepreneur at heart, I’m not afraid of starting up, starting over or even failing for that matter, because the fact that I try new things in itself is a victory.
I find novels compose my mind. Do you read novels too? - Reverend Finch's wife
Boredom is actually a sign of ambition. So act on it.
When Rip Torn dies - heaven forbid - but when he dies, you'll only have to write RIP Torn.
If Wolf Blitzer goes through his entire career on air without crying, I think that'll be the time to greenlight the remake of 'Never Cry Wolf.
There is nothing serious in mortality! Solomon in all his glory was Solomon with the elements of the contemptible lurking in every fold of his robes and in every corner of his palace.
Thanks to Scoop, I've learned a lot about how the male mind works, and as a result I've been having nightmares for months.
It was cold and barren. It was no longer the view that I remembered. The sunshine of her presence was far from me. The charm of her voice no longer murmured in my ear.
Change itself is not a choice, but you can choose to be willing to change and you can choose to will the changes that you want. Willing Change
Change is inevitable, continuous, and constant. Expectations of anything or anyone remaining the same can only lead to struggles and hardships. Willing Change
Being willing and able to adapt quickly to changes has been proven many times to be a key quality in success. Willing Change
Show me a person who has never made a mistake and Ell show you somebody who has never achieved much.
The world like an accomplished hostess pays most attention to those whom it will soonest forget.
Excellence is not an act but a habit. The things you do the most are the things you will do the best.
A prudent person profits from personal experience a wise one from the experience of others.
There's something very authentic about humor, when you think about it. Anybody can pretend to be serious. But you can't pretend to be funny.
Humor, for me, is really a gate of departure. It's a way of enticing a reader into a poem so that less funny things can take place later. It really is not an end in itself, but a means to an end.
I think humor is a very serious thing. I use it as a way of weakening the reader's defenses so that I can more easily take him to something more.
It's a whole other ball game and I am glad that I fit into that space where, whatever it is that you want to do and you are doing as long as you are happy with it, then you know What the Heck!
I'm happy to stick with my persona. There are themes of love lost and love regained, but the main themes of all poems are basically love and death, and that seems to be the message of poetry.