Gail Sheehy Quotes

We really only have two choices. Play it safe, or take a chance. For me, pulling back because of fear has always made me feel worse.

Gail Sheehy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 27, 1937

Topics

FearMeChoicesChanceFeelPlay

I've been fascinated with the subject of loss for a long time. In particular, I'm interested in how people, consciously or unconsciously, spend their lives replacing the things they lost when they were children.

Jill Davis

ChildrenTimePeopleLossLongLost

All combat sports are connected.

Mauro Ranallo

SportsConnectedCombat

I think movies glamorize violence, in the sense that they make it in a way that it's either cool or funny.

Matthew Vaughn

FunnyCoolThinkViolenceMovies

I don't believe in morality in architecture.

Michael Graves

ArchitectureBelieveMorality

Family life was wonderful. The streets were bleak. The playgrounds were bleak. But home was always warm. My mother and father had a great relationship. I always felt 'safe' there.

Robert Cormier

LifeFamilyFatherMotherHomeWarm

Melissa McCarthy - she's so funny, and she keeps bringing it.

Liza Koshy

FunnySheMcCarthyKeepsBringing

The clock, for all its precision in measurement, is a blunt instrument for the psyche and for society. Schedules can replace sensitivity to the mood of a moment, clock time can ride roughshod over the emotions of individuals.

Jay Griffiths

TimeMomentRideSocietyEmotions

To a certain extent I suppose all actors are big kids.

Dominic Cooper

BigKidsSupposeCertainExtent

As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast amount of knowledge but it will be of far less value than a much smaller amount if you have not thought it over for yourself.

Arthur Schopenhauer

KnowledgeYourselfValueSmallYou

Bravery never goes out of fashion.

William Makepeace Thackeray

FashionNeverOutBraveryGoes

We spend a lot of time with MIDI keyboards and various processors, and we just figure it out. And all those things you hear in our songs work as submelodies and countermelodies, and everything has to fit.

Synyster Gates

WorkTimeYouEverythingOutThings

I like Wadi Rum - it's the best view I've ever seen of what could be Mars.

Ridley Scott

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