Quotes About Ideosyncrasy

#1. A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has the misfortune of getting into print.

Marguerite Yourcenar

#2. It was hard to imagine him sneaking around and leaving a rose on anyone's doormat, but I guess boys will surprise you sometimes.

Rebecca Stead

#3. Every mode of travel has its signature mental aberration.

Mary Roach

#4. Every year I resolve to be a little less the me I know and leave a little room for the me I could be. Every year I make a note not to feel left behind by my friends and family who have managed to change far more than I.

Wendy Wasserstein

#5. Deeper fulfilment is rather different from the happiness of seeing a good film or watching your team win at football, and it doesn't come at the push of a button.

Geoff Mulgan

#6. My roots are more in he Beatles, Zeppelin, the whole 60's side.

Pat Mastelotto

#7. Truth grew in my mind like a fungus, and though I tried to sleep it out, there was no resisting the epiphanies.

Donald Miller

#8. In Tereza's eyes, books were the emblems of a secret brotherhood

Milan Kundera

#9. The ' pleasure' of being drunk is obviously the pleasure of escaping from the responsibility of Consciousness.

Ayn Rand

#10. Ain't no sunshine when she's gone, only darkness every day.

Bill Withers

#11. No" in the room might signal to everyone that they should keep silent.

Sam Killermann

#12. You can either learn to live with your Kryptonite or you can conquer it. Do what others don't and you will have a distinct strategic advantage.

James Woosley

#13. I sometimes look at my bookshelves today and wonder which volumes my sons will treasure in twenty or thirty years. Which should I be saving for them? Which will fade with time?

Rick Riordan

#14. People aren't broken. They're just interestingly wired.

Silvia Hartmann

#15. Sonya, as a scientist, it's never just about the logistics of life. One must always be optimistic, or else you'll never discover or learn anything new. Though of course, you might also find that such a mentality should never be restricted to such an occupation as mine.

Lauren Lola