Douglas Richardson Quotes

#1. I discovered at an early age that all I've ever wanted to do is design.

Jonathan Ive

#2. Literature does not exist in a vacuum. Writers as such have a definite social function exactly proportional to their ability as writers. This is their main use.

Ezra Pound

#3. My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities ... and the will to grasp them.

Alice Walker

#4. You're young, and the young tend to take everything personally. But it's imperative that you learn to separate self from duty.

Romina Russell

#5. Charity, like nature, abhors a vacuum. Next to putting it in a bank, men like to squander their superfluous wealth on those to whom it is sure to be doing the least possible good.

William Hazlitt

#6. By night, beloved, tie your heart to mine
and let them both in dreams defeat the darkness

Pablo Neruda

#7. The only competition one truly has in this world is oneself.

Chris Cole

#8. I mean to defend the rights of individuals in a liberal prospect.

Emma Bonino

#9. Too often what are called "educated" people are simply people who have been sheltered from reality for years in ivy-covered buildings. Those whose whole careers have been spent in ivy-covered buildings, insulated by tenure, can remain adolescents on into their golden retirement years.

Thomas Sowell

#10. [I] never talk about gratitude and joy separately, for this reason. In 12 years, I've never interviewed a single person who would describe their lives as joyful, who would describe themselves as joyous, who was not actively practicing gratitude.

Brene Brown

#11. I try to get in quiet time and book time, but really, the only time I ever get that is when I'm on an airplane - I have a fear of flying, but I actually love flying because it's the only time I can sleep, and it's the only time I get to read.

Kesha

#12. As for her perfume, it was the kind you only noticed after she'd left a room, not while she was still in it. Even then you didn't realize it was perfume, you only wondered what had made you think of her just then.

Cornell Woolrich

#13. Her skin felt smooth and firm. Her hair smelled faintly of motor oil. Her mouth tasted like coffee. She was absolutely real, and it was the sexiest combination on the planet.

Jerry Stahl

#14. Sometimes in life, a fog sets in and you don't know which way is the right direction. Every voice may tell you it's not going to happen, but God has placed a promise in your heart. Refuse to listen to those voices. Keep believing.

Joel Osteen

#15. Life is a miracle. We, all of us are creator beings. We are the joyful choice makers.

Sakshi Chetana