"She was one of those people who are irrevocably, incurably honest and therefore both inflexible and vulnerable at the same time."

-- Azar Nafisi

#Honesty Quotes #People Quotes #Honest Quotes

“It shows a brave and resolute spirit not to be agitated in exciting circumstances.”
“Little fish risking everything for a piece of godhood...and not knowing heaven from hell, even when they find it.”

Source : Vernor Vinge (2010). “A Fire Upon The Deep”, p.93, Macmillan
“Care for him who shall have borne the battle”
“I was a bookish kid, not really athletic.”

Source : "The Confessions of Mike De Luca" by Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 23, 2011.
“I think it is manmade. I think it's clearly manmade.”
“The most depressing thing about blogging is watching so-called 'citizen journalists' turn in to little more than easily offended partisan hacks. Any remark that is slightly less than completely and totally scripted and can give the slightest opportunity to offend some delicate soul somewhere is used to set off a series of partisan screeches and cries of outrage that would make the Church Lady jealous.”
“When I perform in front of large audiences, I'm much more comfortable, because I've already performed in front of tiny audiences - which is much harder, honestly. The smaller you strip things down, the more you depend on the songs and yourself, as opposed to arrangements.”
“An innovator is one who does not know it cannot be done.”

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