Nick Flynn Quotes

Alcohol is the river we sit on the banks of, contemplating. Sometimes we watch ourselves float past, sometimes we watch ourselves sink.

Nick Flynn

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• We do high heels, and people know us for that, but the idea of wearing a flat from day to night feels special.

  

  Edgardo Osorio
  • People
  • High
  • Night

• Even if a unity of faith is not possible, a unity of love is.

  

  Hans Urs von Balthasar
  • Love
  • Faith
  • For Her

• It's tough when you have to be away. But I'm probably at home more than my dad was because he was working two or three jobs sometimes.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • Home
  • Dad
  • Tough

• I think it's fine for girls to ask boys out. I actually prefer it.

  

  Zac Efron
  • Think
  • Ask
  • Actually

• I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.

  

  A.J. Styles
  • Good
  • Church
  • Myself

• It's special to have people see you and tell you, 'You make me laugh.' That makes me feel good. I think if you have the talent to do it, it's your duty to pass it on.

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • People
  • Good
  • Talent

• I think tripe is maligned. It's wonderful stuff, but everyone goes 'urgh.' You have to wash and then cook it, very gently braise it, for eight hours. It uplifts you but steadies you at the same time.

  

  Fergus Henderson
  • Time
  • Think
  • Same

• I think the attraction of 'American Idol' is about the basic human nature attitude that is, 'We can put you up there. But we can take you down.'

  

  Quincy Jones
  • Up
  • American
  • Nature

• I do not like to work with patients who are in love. Perhaps it is because of envy - I, too, crave enchantment. Perhaps it is because love and psychotherapy are fundamentally incompatible. The good therapist fights darkness and seeks illumination, while romantic love is sustained by mystery and crumbles upon inspection.

  

  Irvin D. Yalom
  • Love
  • For Her
  • Envy

• Family photo albums are so powerful in that they make kids feel valued, cherished and respected.

  

  Nancy O'Dell
  • Family
  • Kids
  • Powerful

• It is one and the same Avatara that, having plunged into the ocean of life, rises up in one place and is known as Krishna, and diving again rises in another place and is known as Christ.

  

  Ramakrishna
  • Life
  • Up
  • Ocean

• Nam concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia maxumae dilabuntur.

  

  Sallust

• We can't afford to cede our leadership in developing and deploying the advanced, clean fuels of the future that will grow our economy, lower our energy bills, reduce pollution, and protect the health of our families and communities. And America's farmers and rural communities have to be at the heart of this effort.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • Heart
  • America
  • Future

• Tara: No more talk of gloomy Angel, though. Only happy thoughts. Sunshine, picnic, that spell we did last night. With the oil?

  

  Amber Benson
  • Happy
  • Night
  • Thoughts

• I think a lot of TV insults the audience.

  

  Bernie Mac

• I love all sorts of food, chocolate especially. I eat well, but I like the odd Chinese, like anyone!

  

  Katie Taylor
  • Food
  • Chinese
  • Chocolate

• I've been incredibly fortunate to have so many people believe in me.

  

  Jessie Buckley
  • People
  • Believe

• I don't necessarily think fighters should fight killers every time, but at some point in time, fighters should be fighting the best in their division, period.

  

  Andre Ward
  • Time
  • Fighting
  • Period

• Building a better you is the first step to building a better America.

  

  Zig Ziglar
  • America
  • Better
  • Step

• Over the near term there is clearly the opportunity to work with Microsoft to do to a better job of creating a more secure Windows experience for users around the world.

  

  John W. Thompson
  • World
  • Work
  • Experience

• Writing is an addiction more powerful than alcohol, than nicotine, than crack. I could not conceive of not writing.

  

  Isaac Asimov
  • Writing
  • Powerful
  • Alcohol

• A conventional crime story is simple - it's just a corpse in the river or something, and a detective with an alcohol problem.

  

  David Lagercrantz
  • Simple
  • River
  • Alcohol

• The parallels between a stage and a book are compelling. You, like all authors, create 'characters' in a 'setting' who speak 'dialogue' encased in 'scenes.' Most importantly, you - like the playwright - have an 'audience.'

  

  Nancy Kress
  • Book
  • Speak
  • Audience

• Alcohol is the river we sit on the banks of, contemplating. Sometimes we watch ourselves float past, sometimes we watch ourselves sink.

  

  Nick Flynn
  • Alcohol
  • Sink
  • Float