Headmaster's Wager Quotes

#1. A first novel of astonishing force, craft and beauty, The Headmaster's Wager conjures up a dizzyingly evocative wartime Saigon in the story of Percival Chen, a Chinese schoolmaster in Vietnam. This extraordinary book made me weep. Read it.

Janice Y.K. Lee

#2. I wanted to do a naval film and I flirted with different ideas, most of which ended up being too intense. So when the idea of 'Battleship' was first suggested, I was instantly drawn to the challenge - could I invent a movie around the idea of five ships fighting five ships?

Peter Berg

#3. I never liked working on editorial-driven comics. I just didn't see what was the point. They don't pay well enough for me to write other people's ideas.

Brian K. Vaughan

#4. you'll never find a shoe store
that sells a pair of glass heels
so make your own
or just buy a pair of sneakers instead

it's more practical
to chase your future prince
don't you think?

-don't wait, run

Emi Sisk

#5. Music is the breath of being.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#6. Faith, prayer, and the Word of God are the weapons God provides you with to fight spiritual battles.

Jim George

#7. If you have believed but not obeyed, you have postponed your Christian life.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

#8. Distress: A disease incurred by exposure to the prosperity of a friend.

Ambrose Bierce

#9. But you come to a point in your life when you can't pull the trigger anymore.

Evel Knievel

#10. I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.

Dan Brown

#11. Fortunately, there's another handy driver that has manifested itself throughout the history of cultures. The urge to want to gain wealth. That is almost as potent a driver as the urge to maintain your security. And that is how I view NASA going forward - as an investment in our economy.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

#12. One of the great bands we opened up for was Priest back in '89. That was really great because at that time we had never met them, never toured with them before. They were a big influence on Slayer, so to open up for them was really cool.

Dave Lombardo

#13. Tomorrow, mountains we will climb. Tonight, the stars and fire shine in our eyes.
In the woods, we're alive.

Josh Garrels

#14. People cannot become truly knowledgeable without being excellent readers.

Bill Gates