Shantall Knowles Quotes

#1. Each of us literally chooses, by his way of attending to things, what sort of universe he shall appear to himself to inhabit.

William James

#2. I'm quite dyslexic in school. My dad let me figure out what I wanted to do on my own. My parents never really lecture me.

Georgia May Jagger

#3. In all the arts abundance seems to be one of the surest signs of vocation.

Edith Wharton

#4. Every time I trust my instincts I land on my feet and every time I don't, I go, "Why didn't I trust my instinct?"

Brad Furman

#5. To mourn is to be extraordinarily vulnerable. It is to be at the mercy of inside feelings and outside events in a way most of us have not been since early childhood.

Christian McEwen

#6. You know, being an entertainer is partly being on the road, and a lot of your songs come from the road.

Mel Tillis

#7. A couple years ago, the novelist Russell Banks told me he was reading the ancient Greek historian Herodotus. I asked why. He said, 'Because I've always wanted to and am tired of having my reading assigned.' I thought it was a marvelous declaration of independence.

Richard Russo