William Glasser Quotes
There is plenty of competition in a Glasser Quality School in that there is winning but no losing.
Quotes to Explore
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I think Dilbert is actually a radical strip.
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We really accomplished what we set out to do with the Recovery Act programs, which was to fill the lending gap created by the crisis.
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Because pandemics almost always begin with the transmission of an animal microbe to a human, it's work that takes me all around the globe - from rain forest hunting camps of central Africa to wild animal markets of east Asia.
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I'm still overwhelmed and, at the same time, kind of star struck that I am part of this New England Patriots organization.
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All the great evils which men cause to each other because of certain intentions, desires, opinions, or religious principles, are likewise due to non-existence, because they originate in ignorance, which is absence of wisdom.
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The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
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I always had a very strong sense of independence. I really liked being able to buy my Alanis Morissette 'Jagged Little Pill' album. I wore that as a badge of honor. I love not having to rely on anyone.
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I don't read newspapers, and I've said I don't watch the news. I love books, but I don't read much. What I do is I get people to read to me, and I put the stories in my head.
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I graduated with an English degree and worked for awhile in academic publishing.
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I always read the translator's draft all the way through - a very laborious business.
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Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.
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I love doing every role I do!
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It's an odd mix, the life of a playwright.
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A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb.
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I am fascinated by Omega's history. Particularly the First World War stuff, when they made watches for the flying corps, and the NASA side of it.
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I loved the time I got to spend in Denver. My boys, Arin and Ryan, were growing up. I got to spend time with them without being pried upon. There was no public scrutiny. I was free and could take them to the supermarket or to the park without being noticed or looked at.
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Don't be afraid to look silly.
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I like science - geography, meteorology, cosmology.
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With recording, everything changed. The prospect of music being detachable from time and place meant that one could start to think of music as a part of one's furniture. It's an idea that many composers have felt reluctant about because it seemed to them to diminish the importance of music.
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There are lots of people who haven't been to drama school who have great talent and can be discovered.
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I love kimonos because you can just throw them on over anything. Ever since I got my first kimono from Lane Bryant in high school and thought, 'This is amazing; I can wear it with everything!'
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In the end it all comes down to talent. You can talk all you want about intangibles, I just don't know what that means. Talent makes winners, not intangibles. Can nice guys win? Sure, nice guys can win - if they're nice guys with a lot of talent. Nice guys with a little talent finish fourth, and nice guys with no talent finish last.
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Everyone has their opinion, and if no one criticizes, how will I improve my work?
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There is plenty of competition in a Glasser Quality School in that there is winning but no losing.
