Steepest Slope Quotes

#1. Paralysis seems to happen on the steepest slope of the survival arc - where almost all hope is lost, when escape seems impossible, and when the situation is unfamiliar to the extreme.

Amanda Ripley

#2. My mother used to tell me: "You gotta smile more. Because if you don't smile, the way you look at people, they'll think you're mad at them."

Denzel Washington

#3. The kids I talk to are readers, and the craziest, the most dedicated readers you will ever see.

Maureen Johnson

#4. Because handsomeness is always accompanied by vanity.
And I suppose ugliness is accompanied by a wealth of virtues?

Lisa Kleypas

#5. Writing a song is almost like cheating-writing because you don't have to finish your sentences, you don't have to use any punctuation, no one's going to edit your work. It's so wide open. People just grunt and that's a song. You can kind of do anything.

Mirah

#6. Art is no longer snobbish or cowardly. It teaches peasants to use tractors, gives lyrics to young soldiers, designs textiles for factory women's dresses, writes burlesque for factory theatres, does a hundred other useful tasks. Art is as usueful as bread.

Azar Nafisi

#7. Each time a new baby is born there is a possibility of reprieve. Each child is a new being, a potential prophet, a new spiritual prince, a new spark of light precipitated into the outer darkness.

R.D. Laing

#8. If life hands you lemons... make lemonade. Then... try to find someone to whom life has handed vodka...

Les Edgerton

#9. One person could make such a difference in someone's life. Either good or bad. With their actions and words, a single individual had the power to save or destroy another.

Sherrilyn Kenyon

#10. Opportunity will not only knock on the door when you are ready, it will stand just next to the door to open it.

Debasish Mridha

#11. Every time you take a risk or move out of your comfort zone, you have a great opportunity to learn more about yourself and your capacity.

Jack Canfield

#12. That is important," said Mma Makutsi from behind her desk. "One does not want a lady who talks too much.

Alexander McCall Smith