Scott Westerfeld Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
-
Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cocksure of many things that were not so.
-
Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
-
I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
-
I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.
-
You learn different things through fiction. Historians are always making a plot about how certain things came to happen. Whereas a novelist looks at tiny little things and builds up a sort of map, like a painting, so that you see the shapes of things.
-
The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.
-
Let us all pledge to protect this opportunity in order to see that the wish of peace becomes a true and daily fact in this region.
-
It's not like my old self – I'm not in character anymore, I'm me. I'm not hiding behind that anymore.
-
My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
-
You've gotta believe in yourself, and you just have to work harder at it than you've ever worked at anything before in your life. And if you keep doing that and keep believing in yourself, great things do happen.
-
Do your best, one shot at a time and then move on. Remember that golf is just a game.
-
Let's take up the most important issues first. Let's take up the reauthorizations first; let's take up the appropriations bill first, not wait until four days beforehand - no one has mentioned anything, and, all of a sudden, somebody looks at their watch and says, 'Hey, in four days, the government is going to run out of money.'
-
Review your work. You will find, if you are honest, that 90% of the trouble is traceable to loafing.
Ford Frick -
Ramadan is, in its essence, a month of humanist spirituality.
-
I just don't get death at all. Yes, it's there. But I don't get it.
-
As my early drawings warned me, where humans go, lions and tidal waves follow.
-
I think what it takes to succeed remains the same. You have to have a real love of your sport to carry you through all the bad times, you still want to go ski even when things aren't working. You must have a commitment to work hard and to never give up.
-
Both Republicans and Democrats can agree that more choices and lower prices in transportation would benefit consumers. Democrats would consider it 'smart government' and Republicans 'limited government.'
-
I want to be able to play trailer-bound fatties in a Judd Apatow comedy.
-
There is great power in deference. Deference works with everybody.
-
In school, you get a limited view of the world. Start working. Find your passion. Take your time doing that. Once you've found what you're passionate about, then lock down. Even if you want to start a business, it's helpful to work, see how other businesses are run.
-
The personal lives of painters are tragic and inevitable and do not explain the artist. For the artist is his work and no longer human.
-
Hard work's a good distraction.
