Perform Or Perish Quotes

#1. In those jaws of swift destruction, like another Jonah (by which name they indeed called him), bustles a little withered old man, who, for their money, dearly sells the sailors deliriums and death. Abominable are the tumblers into which he pours his poison.

Herman Melville

#2. A dream is a wish your heart makes, when you're fast asleep.

Walt Disney Company

#3. And fetch some straw.
We'll put it between us and the ground. No reason we shouldn't sleep soft tonight."
"Straw. I love luxury.

Joanna Bourne

#4. Dilettantes appreciate the work, professors the master at the same time.

Franz Grillparzer

#5. But could you just... stay for tonight?

Aimee Carter

#6. The moment I saw her again, I knew that it's gonna be more fun to live my life now.

Seo Do-young

#7. Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.

Novalis

#8. Give me attention.
Flash.
Give me beauty.
Flash.
Give me peace and happiness, a loving relationship, and a perfect home.
Flash.

Chuck Palahniuk

#9. I tried to write worse but it was no good; my generalizations came out as before, each more exquisite than the last. I grew discouraged.

Peter De Vries

#10. Charley's "FOR THE LOVE OF":
"Oh,FOR THE LOVE OF gravy"
"Just be honest with me, FOR THE LOVE OF applesauce, Gemma."
"But FOR THE LOVE OF marinara, I typed, don't shoot anyone.

Darynda Jones

#11. It sounded to him like the noise of too many mouths that talk and too few minds that think.

Lisa Unger

#12. Mine has been a concern for the people, a concern to maintain stability, a concern to get people working together racially, ethnically, rich and poor - all segments of the city.

Walter Washington

#13. she seemed to me an intriguing soul

Anne Rice

#14. If economists were doctors, they would today be mired in malpractice suits.

John Ralston Saul