Scottish Historical Author Quotes

#1. At the back of my mind I wanted to be a journalist when I grew up since I didn't seem to be getting any better at goalkeeping.

Ian Colquhoun

#2. Men believe death's elections to be a thing inscrutable yet every act invites the act which follows and to the extent that men put one foot before the other they are accomplices in their own deaths as in all such facts of destiny.

Cormac McCarthy

#3. Now the circus is open. Now you may enter.

Erin Morgenstern

#4. It's about taking advantage of the opportunities you have right now, and right now we're in a position where you call somebody and they're willing to pick up and take the call because they're a fan, you have to take advantage of that and have a chance to capitalize on your ideas.

Dwyane Wade

#5. See the good in people and help them.

Mahatma Gandhi

#6. There's nothing wrong with the word conspiracy. It just means 'to breathe together'.

Janeane Garofalo

#7. I knew I wouldn't have another day off for a while, so I needed to get to London immediately.

Fernando Meirelles

#8. The media could do a much better job, that's for sure, especially the media that targets women ... Human rights? They couldn't care less!

Isabel Allende

#9. Preserve, Conserve, Inspire, Teach. Empowering children to be planet-citizens; to care about the planet, themselves and eachtother! Breath-of-fresh-air books that speak to the heart of children - is what matters to me."
- Stephanie Tara, author, mom, activist

Stephanie Lisa Tara

#10. Eight kids and a stepmother, and I just wanted to be out of there and so when I got a scholarship from Boston to the Schillinger House, which is now the Berklee School of Music, I couldn't wait to get out of there.

Quincy Jones

#11. Because you have to roll with the punches, the good and the bad. You have to keep moving forward. It's like the river - even after all the crazy things that have happened, the river's not running backwards anytime soon.

Alan DeNiro

#12. It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation, but you can lose it in a minute.

Will Rogers