M.M. Scott Quotes

She was dazzling-- alight; it was agony to comprehend her beauty in a glance.

The world is sick of big IT things that don't work.

Long ago, there was something in me, but now that thing is gone. Now that thing is gone, that thing is gone. I cannot cry. I cannot care. That thing will come back no more.

I hate big government, but I really hate a government that doesn't work. So when 'they say we either have to raise taxes or cut core services,' it's actually a 'false choice.

I hate waking up every morning to my alarm. I always bang my head on the steering wheel.

Doubt is often the beginning of wisdom.

With total discipline we can solve all problems.

The lies we live will always be confessed in the stories that we tell.

A glass of good wine is a gracious creature, and reconciles poor mortality to itself and that is what few things can do.

Premature success gives one an almost mystical conception of destiny as opposed to will power-at its worst the Napoleonic delusion.

It's a mining town in lotus land.

Sometimes I'm extremely afraid of the unknown, but I'm so grateful to be on that journey.

In order to learn, one must change one's mind.

I was more interested in skating and the girls and traveling than I was in calculus.

But take comfort in that I die at peace with the world and myself - not afraid.

It is our task-our essential, central, crucial task-to transform ourselves from mere social creatures into community creatures.

Always try to maintain complete tolerance and always make an effort to give people more then they expect.

Conversion is a very, very important part of what you are doing. We will have a responsibility to report to Heavenly Father regarding those we bring into the Church.

I wish I could write. I get these ideas but I never seem to be able to put them in words.

If we seek to be loved - if we expect to be loved - this cannot be accomplished; we will be dependent and grasping not genuinely loving.

My songs were always about the tone of voice rather than the words.

I tend to go for women with common sense. Being down to earth stands out more than looks.

I'm just not a big fan of the too-cool-for-school indie world. Metal bands have never been invited or been able to be part of the cool kids, and I like it that way.

The real world is where I get to educate and entertain myself. I go and touch the real world and touch real people. That's my way into movies.

Research is what drives me. When I get a script, I go to the real world and touch the real people.

I was steeped in the understanding that if 'something is Roman [Catholic], it must be wrong.

I've never seen impeccable logic be sufficient to win both the heart and the mind.

To reach a goal you have never before attained, you must do things you have never before done.

Train at your current fitness level, or slightly above — not where you want to be.

The life of wisdom must be a life of contemplation combined with action.

I do not refer to myself as a 'housewife' for the reason that I did not marry a house.

Basketball is like Religion. Many attend but few understand.

Keep engaged in the all new popular and fancy, positive side of things!

The media do not set their own investigative agendas independently, but operate as part ... of the political establishment.

He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God.

Ah, well, the truth is always one thing, but in a way it's the other thing, the gossip, that counts. It shows where people's hearts lie.

I was raised right. I dig who I am.

I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known.

Our accomplishments show what kind of people we are.

My father was a painter and he taught art. He once said to me, 'I never knew an Indian child who could not draw.'

The dog lives for the day, the hour, even the moment.

A post-9/11, modern take being Batman training people to be the heroes they know they can be on their own.

Less is more. Happiness is found close to the necessities of life, not in needless complexity and meaningless multiplicity of choice.

I am honestly not sure how capable I am of love. And I'm not sure why.

One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.

As you lose your life in the service of Father in Heaven's children, Satan's temptations lose power in your life.

We all come in different shapes and sizes, and that's fine by me.

Everything that begins, begins with blood.

Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me.

My message is, if you need help, ask for it.