Keith Simonton Quotes

#1. A reader doesn't really see the characters in a story; he feels them.

Cornelia Funke

#2. What appears to be the end of the road may simply be a bend in the road.

Robert H. Schuller

#3. Geniuses are those who have the intelligence, enthusiasm, and endurance to acquire the needed expertise in a broadly valued domain of achievement and who then make contributions to that field that are considered by peers to be both original and highly exemplary.

Dean Keith Simonton

#4. The only real freedom any of us have is making our own decisions.

Shane Gericke

#5. Empirical research has shown that quality tends to be the consequence of quantity when it comes to creativity ... Those who produce more masterworks also produce more rubbish.

Dean Keith Simonton

#6. In skydiving, it is the fear response that gradually weakens. During the precipitous descent, the amply tested parachutist can savor the thrill rather than endure the panic.

Dean Keith Simonton

#7. You are who you surround yourself with. I know that's such a cliche quote, but it's true.

Selena Gomez

#8. They talk about human rights until the rights include things they personally do not like as alternatives. There needs to be Frank discussions. And Shirley can join too because the pun works. The ideas of human beings of all demeanor and venues are at stake here.

Leviak B. Kelly

#9. The most valuable commodity of the 21st century will be undivided attention.

Phil Cooke

#10. We can believe as we want, but we should not force our beliefs on others.

Mitt Romney

#11. My music is like the perfect haircut-a Friday-night cut! It makes you feel like wanting to put on some nice clothes to go out and have a good time.

Anthony Hamilton

#12. Hairdressers are a wonderful breed. You work one-on-one with another human being and the object is to make them feel so much better and to look at themselves with a twinkle in their eye.

Vidal Sassoon

#13. Everyone believes very easily whatever he fears or desires.

Jean De La Fontaine

#14. The majority of us scarcely see more distinctly the faultiness of our own conduct than the faultiness of our own arguments, orthe dulness [sic] of our own jokes.

George Eliot

#15. Sometimes when I see someone who's a spirit of justice ... I feel like I want to destroy them!

Gen Urobuchi

#16. There are a countless variety of hardships in any life," Kedean answered," ... only the most basic of which can be solved with mansions, gold pieces, and titles of nobility.

Anihyr Moonstar

#17. I worry that we are approaching a time when that which is shocking is squeezed out by the Stalinism of political correctness.

Joe Eszterhas

#18. I'm one of those people who happen to like trees. I don't know why - I just do. As a kid, I loved to climb them. The distant, upper branches, especially, were celestial and alluring.

Ian Frazier