Quotes
Authors
Rick Riordan
"In the old legends, Arachne had gotten into trouble because of pride. She’d bragged about her tapestries being better than Athena’s, which had led to Mount Olympus’s first reality TV punishment program: 'So You Think You Can Weave Better Than a Goddess?' Arachne had lost in a big way." --
Rick Riordan
#Pride Quotes
#Reality Quotes
#Thinking Quotes
“I'd like men to think about evolving into something more sophisticated, more seductive. To explore the possibility of an entirely new masculinity.”
“We have focused only on the negatives, and not enough on incredible stories of the human spirit and of rebirth and rebuilding. That's equally important as the tragedy.”
“Wine is not only a drinking: it is sniffing, observing, tasting, or sipping at and... talking about”
“There is good in everything; it's just how you choose to look at it. Everything that's worth it has a price. For me to be a model - I had to leave my family. Do you think I liked that? No! There are sacrifices. Life is meant to be a challenge, because challenges are what make you grow.”
Source : Twitter post from Oct 18, 2016
“The symptoms of compassion and benevolence, in some people, are like those minute guns which warn you that you are in deadly peril.”
“The music that I play is much more accepted in America. Do you know what I mean? Americans recognize and not necessarily country music. I go to a lot of places in Canada and they go "I don't like country music" and they think I'm a country musician. When I am a country musician but not a country musician like they think of.”
“Families are like puzzles. They fit together in a certain way, and if one piece is missing, it throws everything off.”
“Make the big time where you are!”