Aristotle Hamartia Quotes

#1. At no time are we ever in such complete possession of a journey, down to its last nook and cranny, as when we are busy with preparations for it.

Yukio Mishima

#2. One may explain water, but the mouth will not become wet. One may expound fully on the nature of fire, but the mouth will not become hot.

Takuan Soho

#3. And there is good money to be made when things are bad.

Kameron Hurley

#4. Hope is wanting something so eagerly that-in spite of all the evidence that you're not going to get it-you go right on wanting it.

Norman Vincent Peale

#5. True will is wishing backed by power.

VIRGIL PROFEANU

#6. Read the book you do honestly feel a wish and curiosity to read.

Samuel Johnson

#7. You have to know human behaviour ... And the quality of your writing is absolutely capped at your understanding of human behaviour. You'll never write above what you know about people.

Tony Gilroy

#8. And when they do spin out of control there are important ramifications that affect America, not just its direct national interest but its broader interests as a nation which has thought of itself as a beacon to other nations, of freedom, liberty, democracy, whatever.

John Pomfret

#9. But some words to men and women, boys and girls alike: The quality of the work must merit the readers' time and money. Do it for yourself, but make yourself a member of your own audience. There is no other way to evaluate your own progress.

Wendy Pini

#10. I love the Chinese words for greeting: not strictly 'Hello' but 'Have you eaten yet?

Rick Stein

#11. One day all men must die, but it serves no good to dwell on death. I prefer to take each day as it comes.

George R R Martin

#12. A coach must sometimes see players with his heart, and hear them with his eyes.

John Kessel

#13. My heart faltered, overcome by its frightened, almost frenzied beating because of something I had just lost, or was on the point of losing for ever. My fingers grasped at his hand with such violence that no force in the world, no matter how great, could take it away from me.

Nawal El Saadawi

#14. In a world of war, pain and suffering, all I want for Christmas is an underwater watch and a silver clutch rod for my dirt bike.

Dana Gould