"To refer even in passing to unpublished or struggling authors and their problems is to put oneself at some risk, so I will say here and now that any unsolicited manuscripts or typescripts sent to me will be destroyed unread. You must make your way yourself. Why you should be so set on the nearly always disappointing profession is a puzzling question."

-- Kingsley Amis

#Struggle Quotes #Risk Quotes #Way Quotes

“Ask God to show you any changes you need to make in your relationships. And make sure your closest relationship continues to be with Jesus Himself.”
“If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. It is true that you may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all of the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time. -Speech at Clinton, Illinois, September 8, 1854.”
“It certainly is dangerous that there are only a few clubs left in Europe that can afford to pay millions. At the end of the day however, the spectators decide the rates of pay - by watching the games and consuming the goods and services advertised on sports TV programmes.”
“God finds us in the holes we dig for ourselves. We see failures; He sees foundations.”

Source : FaceBook post by Bob Goff from May 27, 2013
“To walk into history is to be free at once, to be at large among people.”
“The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads.”

Source : Flann O'Brien (1989). “The Hair of the Dogma: A Further Selection from 'Cruiskeen Lawn'”
“Why do you treat me as they do, as though I were exactly what I want to be. Why do we treat people that way?”

Source : William Gaddis (1955). “The Recognitions: A Novel”
“I never exactly made a book. It's rather like taking dictation. I was given things to say.”

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