Valences Quotes

#1. If you think of a work of fiction as a kind of scale model of the world, then the positive valences - where things turn out better than you thought they would - ought to be in there somewhere, too.

George Saunders

#2. Having drive is a big part of success, along with integrity. You need to have a clear vision of what you want and take the steps to achieve it, even if that sometimes means playing gigs in tiny clubs.

Vonda Shepard

#3. My exposure to visual art all my life was intensive.

Charles Gwathmey

#4. I asked my Dad once, "How did you and Mum stay married for 33 years?" He said. "Well, we never wanted to get divorced at the same time.

Gwyneth Paltrow

#5. The athletic fool, to whom what heaven denied of soul, is well compensated in limbs.

John Armstrong

#6. After one year in the Texas League, the American League bought the rights to my contract. They optioned me back to the Texas League for the 1970 season.

Jim Evans

#7. But it takes so little to help people, and people really do help each other, even people with very little themselves. And it's not just about second chances. Most people deserve an endless number of chances.

Will Schwalbe

#8. When I was a teacher, teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk on which lay nothing whatever, whereas theirs were heaped with papers and books.

Norman MacCaig

#9. My mother sent me to psychiatrists since the age of four because she didn't think little boys should be sad. When my brother was born, I stared out the window for days. Can you imagine that?

Andy Kaufman

#10. Mysteries make one dream of unendurable bewitchments, they have the fragrance of something quite, quite unspeakably beautiful.

Robert Walser

#11. Ah! the clock is always slow; it is later than you think.

Robert W. Service

#12. For material progress and physical well being, peace of mind is of utmost importance.

Dalai Lama

#13. Eighty percent of a picture is writing, the other twenty percent is the execution, such as having the camera on the right spot and being able to afford to have good actors in all parts.

Billy Wilder

#14. Agemates provide the most informative points of reference for comparative efficacy appraisal and verification. Children are, therefore, especially sensitive to their relative standing among the peers with whom they affiliate in activities that determine prestige and popularity

Albert Bandura

#15. When I'm making a film, I don't want my producer to be on the sets. So when I'm producing a film, I don't want to be on the sets!

Anurag Kashyap

#16. The press was ruthless, but then so was the church.
Flavia de Luce

Alan Bradley