Vernon Howard Quotes

Bitterness is the outcome of a wrong mental movement - the attempt to force external events to conform to internal fantasy. The cure is to see fantasy as fantasy, which will reveal it as neither necessary nor rewarding.

Vernon Howard

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• I didn't have outstanding numbers coming out of college and I'm not 6'6 with 230 lbs.

  

  Victor Cruz
  • College
  • Numbers
  • Coming

• Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.

  

  Maggie Smith
  • More
  • Upset
  • Far

• You have to take over your town in order to take over your city.

  

  Quavo Migos
  • You
  • City
  • Order

• I did go through this period where girls would be mean and I had a lot of guy friends. But I've found as an adult the importance of having female and male friends.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Friends
  • Guy
  • Period

• I'm under no illusion that there are things about me that I'd like to change. I just accept who I am, and I'm proud of it.

  

  Paloma Faith
  • Change
  • Proud
  • Illusion

• I had a guidance counsellor who made me take an aptitude test, and told me I should be a bricklayer.

  

  Harmony Korine
  • Me
  • Test
  • Told

• I come by writing dialogue fairly naturally, I've got a chatty family; I'm a bit of a voyeur, and if I'm ever in a public place, I automatically find myself listening.

  

  Patrick deWitt
  • Writing
  • Family
  • Myself

• A revolutionary idea is usually one with its sleeves rolled up.

  

  Navjot Singh Sidhu
  • Up
  • Idea
  • Revolutionary

• A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.

  

  Quintilian
  • Laugh
  • Too Much
  • Costs

• Do you agree that the European Union should be able to prescribe the mandatory settlement of non-Hungarian citizens in Hungary without the consent of parliament?

  

  Viktor Orban
  • You
  • Without
  • Consent

• Yes, some people say to me you're too skinny, but never a skinny person says that to me, only people who could lose a few pounds say that.

  

  Karl Lagerfeld
  • People
  • Say
  • Lose

• I always thought I was going to be a great poet, and go and live in New York, where the great poets lived - you know, where Whitman had walked the streets.

  

  Garth Risk Hallberg
  • Great
  • Live
  • Thought

• Yes, the state must intervene to prevent the exploitation of poor Indian women who are enticed or coerced into surrogacy, as well as to protect the rights of surrogate children. However, it should also be empathetic to individuals with alternative lifestyles who are well within their legal and human rights to demand access to surrogacy services.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • Women
  • Children
  • Legal

• The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.

  

  Calvin Coolidge
  • People
  • Government
  • Rights

• I realized I could make a difference. I could be their voice; I could fight for them... There's no better place to fight for working families than the governor's chair.

  

  Kate Brown
  • Fight
  • Make A Difference

• What life have you, if you have not life together? There is not life that is not in community, And no community not lived in praise of GOD.

  

  T. S. Eliot
  • Life
  • God
  • Together

• The bedraggled warhorse of American blowhardism.

  

  Conrad Black
  • American

• Well, I'm not talkin' bout locking down forever, baby.That would be too demanding.I'm just talkin' bout two lonely peopleWho might reach a little understanding.I'm not talkin' bout knocking out heavenwith whether we're wrong or we're right.I'm not talkin' bout hooking up and hanging out,I'm just talkin' bout tonight.

  

  Toby Keith
  • Up
  • Understanding
  • Forever

• By a route obscure and lonely,Haunted by ill angels only,Where an Eidolon, named NIGHT,On a black throne reigns upright,I have reached these lands but newlyFrom an ultimate dim Thule - From a wild weird clime that lieth, sublime,Out of SPACE - out of TIME.

  

  Edgar Allan Poe
  • Time
  • Night
  • Black

• I think it's important to take chances.

  

  David Sedaris
  • Important

• I think you'll do as well as most professionals. Most professionals don't beat the market. Let's not over-rate my industry. But if you have time, you can be in good mutual funds that have good records.

  

  Jim Cramer
  • Time
  • Good

• Some would rather pull a handcart across the prairie than bring up the subject of faith and religion to their friends and co-workers. They worry about how they might be perceived or how it might harm their relationship. It doesn't need to be that way because we have a glad message to share, and we have a message of joy.

  

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf
  • Up
  • Friends
  • Faith

• Call no man a foe, but never love a stranger.

  

  Stella Benson
  • Men
  • Love
  • Stranger

• Bitterness is the outcome of a wrong mental movement - the attempt to force external events to conform to internal fantasy. The cure is to see fantasy as fantasy, which will reveal it as neither necessary nor rewarding.

  

  Vernon Howard