Michael Scott Quotes

The strong survive, but the courageous triumph.

A boy and a girl, dressed in the T-shirts and denim that are the shabby uniform of this age.

They ex­pect­ed to lose. And there­fore, they lost. [..] Peo­ple who start think­ing deep dark thoughts in the mid­dle of a war start ex­pect­ing to lose.

Master the rules of the game until you can play it better they can.

Some stories wait their turn to be told, others just tap you on the shoulder and insist you tell them.

A warrior with a cause is the most dangerous soldier of all

The problem with contemporary art is that no one bothers to do the research necessary to give people what they want.

You might argue that the history of contemporary art is a series of avant-garde movements, each new wave outraging the last.

At the heart of every legend there is a grain of truth.

Artists want to sell their work, sure. But they aren't out there asking questions about what people want and what they don't want, now are they?

He who retreats lives longer.

The day we stop learning is the day we die.

The idea of selling a Cezanne to buy a Morisot seems explosively contentious.

The people that you work with are, when you get down to it, your very best friends.

Presents are the best way to show someone how much you care. It is like this tangible thing that you can point to and say, Hey man, I love you this many dollars-worth.

The line between confidence and arrogance is very fine, Josh,” Flamel said quietly. “And the line between arrogance and stupidity even finer. Sophie,” he added, without looking at her.

I never avoid something that challenges my guts and my heart. While I might occasionally puke my guts out, I have never puked my heart out.

Here, you can walk into a bookstore and pick up a Bible or Christian literature and learn. Over there, they are lucky if they have one Bible for a whole village.

Middle school's amazing. It is extraordinary. An extraordinary time.

First up, the lost and found has gone missing. It itself, is lost. So please try not to lose anything until we find it.

In my experience, we only ever regret the things we have not done.

It's never too early for ice cream.

But the truth is a double-edged sword; it is a dangerous thing.

When in doubt, we follow our hearts. Words can be false, images and sounds can be manipulated. But this...' He tapped his chest, over his heart. 'This is always true

Fools lie, clever men stick to the truth.

You know I hate disappointing even one person, and I really hate disappointing everyone but I love burlington coat factory

Abraham Lincoln once said that if you are a racist, I will attack you with the north. And those are the principles that I carry with me in the workplace.

Just as a pebble thrown into the water creates ripples, so our thoughts create similar effects on our palms.

Sometimes I'll start a sentence and I don't know where it's going. I just hope to find it somewhere along the way. Like an improv conversation. An improversation.

I'm not a bad guy... I'm just good guy that runs over women with his car.

There is no such thing as an appropriate joke. That's why it's a joke.

To remain unknown in this modern world: that, indeed, is real power.

The best moment is when you walk into a bookstore and see a pile of your books - that is the oddest experience in the world!

There is always something to see, if you only know how to look.

Knowledge itself is never dangerous, it is how that knowledge is used that is dangerous

What you call magic is nothing more than an act of the imagination fired by the senses, then given shape by the power of your aura.

I love inside jokes. I hope to be a part of one some day.

Even that. What is the point in living forever, if it is not with the woman I love?

But magic is really only the utilization of the entire spectrum of the senses.

I don't want somebody sucking up to me because they think I am going to help their career. I want them sucking up to me because they genuinely love me.

Good or bad is a matter of perspective. I met an immortal hunami once, a man called William Shakespeare, who wrote that there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.

The two that are one, the one that is all!

In fact, writing for younger adults is tougher. They remember everything and if they spot a problem, they'll be sure to let you know.

Adults, Sophie has decided a long time before, were really bad at making up good excuses.

Once you have been touched by magic, you are forever changed. You leave a trail.

Here words can kill - literally.

The fifth force was the magic of Time, the greatest of all the magics.

And once begun, change cannot be reversed.

The Elders had nothing but contempt for human emotion; they considered it their biggest weakness. Perenelle knew it was humankind's greatest strength.

You told me it was a mistake to fight the scarred warriors. They were the survivors.