Top 19 Quotes About Being Startled

#1. Being polite and grateful will make people more inclined to help you. And if people are willing to help you, you may accidentally get something you want.

Jason Sudeikis

#2. People are suspicious of single men on vacation, after they get to a certain age: they assume that they're selfish, and probably a bit pervy. I can't say they're wrong.

Michel Houellebecq

#3. Marriage makes a man more vulnerable by doubling the expanse of sail exposed to the tempests of social life.

Andre Maurois

#4. If you have a sweet tooth and you're making a concerted effort to get yourself off sugar, take a supplement called glutamine when you have a craving (1,000 milligrams every four to six hours as needed).

Frank Lipman

#5. True love doesn't need a Plan B! His plan has always been to love you! EL

Evinda Lepins

#6. There is music playing somewhere but I can't hear it.

Bret Easton Ellis

#7. I am an American citizen and it is my home now. I like the U.S.A., which is not a place too many people have liked since Bush. The U.S. has a young population, and everything can change within a year.

Isabel Allende

#8. So what's the plan?" Ben asked.
"Go inside. Look around. Improvise."
"Brilliant." Hi stroked his chin. "Quick question: Is having no plan the same as having a terrible plan, or are those different categories?

Kathy Reichs

#9. Most people led minimal lives in worlds that had nothing to do with richness of perception or spirit.

Haruki Murakami

#10. Musicians can look forward to playing with the best musicians that ever played. They can even have their own band!

David Berg

#11. Imagine being startled repeatedly during the day. This is stress in a nutshell. There is always a buildup of tension, sometimes a little, sometimes a lot. We need to accept the truth that we all get stressed every day and we all need to seek balance to counteract the detrimental effects of stress.

Gudjon Bergmann

#12. Stupid deer," I said, embarrassed about being startled. "We need a ladder."
"I think they're easier to shoot with a rifle."
"I'm not talking about the deer," I said, hitting Milo on the back of his shoulder. "We need a ladder to look over the wall."
"Or a catapult," Milo said seriously.

Obert Skye

#13. What happens at the beginning of any creative process? Nothing! Creativity requires that we create space and wait for something to emerge.

Otto Scharmer

#14. A young dame with pretty eyes and a smile can make an old man do just about anything.

Ernest Hemingway,

#15. I am startled by how resistant people are to doing anything nice or nurturing for themselves, especially women. They fear being selfish. This intense clinging to a martyr role doesn't serve anyone. It makes you brittle, not resilient.

Annette Vaillancourt

#16. There's no such thing as nothing.

Sanford Meisner

#17. Self-knowledge is better than self-control any day," Raquel said firmly. "And I know myself well enough to know how I act around cookies.

Claudia Gray

#18. Remain open to as much input as possible.

Deepak Chopra

#19. We Americans, who invented traffic, are always being startled by the forms into which it has evolved around the world.

P. J. O'Rourke

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