Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
What comprises good performance? The ability through singing or playing to make the ear conscious of the true content and affect of a composition.
-
Doing business and doing good are not mutually exclusive, and it is our responsibility to prove this every day anew.
-
The reduction in compassion that happens when we're all behind computer screens is not good for the world.
-
I was a good student with mathematical ability and interests. As such, I took the usual college preparatory program in high school for one looking to become an engineer: all the available courses in mathematics and science.
-
Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not.
-
Whatever you are, be a good one.
-
Joyfulness keeps the heart and face young. A good laugh makes us better friends with ourselves and everybody around us.
-
When I first came to Guangzhou in 1981, it seemed such a hard and dour place with everyone in Chairman Mao uniforms.
-
It costs you something to do good!
-
We should remember that just as a positive outlook on life can promote good health, so can everyday acts of kindness.
-
I still felt we had some really good music on that record, but it's a shame that we couldn't make it better. And the tour was a total mess. We just had no life, no energy, and I felt we were going through the motions.
-
Thanks to former President George W. Bush - remember the compassionate conservative? - I have a good name for the fundamental principle that should guide the Democratic alternative: compassionate deficit reduction.
-
I didn't want to write a book that suggested that magic good/technology bad.
-
I sort of try to read the books when they come out impartially and not make up my mind, but the fact is when I was reading the sixth, 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince', there were bits in there where I was going, 'God, I would love to do that because it's so good'.
-
Most of us understand what healthy food is - it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that vegetables are good for you and that sugar is bad. So you need to use the things you do know and follow them.
-
In starting to learn about film festivals and what were good ones - 'cause there are five billion of them - it was just a really good East Coast festival. And I thought this little movie was an East Coast film.
-
Definitely, study is absolutely necessary in all forms - it's just like any talent that's born within somebody. It's just like a good pair of shoes when you put a shine on it, you know? Like, schooling brings out the polish of any talent. It happens anywhere in the world.
-
I think it's good for moms to work. I have three daughters, so I like them to see me working and doing something I'm passionate about.
-
I'm an inveterate bookstore wanderer. I read constantly, so I love a good bookstore. I can't help it.
-
Soup is a lot like a family. Each ingredient enhances the others; each batch has its own characteristics; and it needs time to simmer to reach full flavor.
-
I love chocolate. I like milk and dark chocolate, but definitely not white.
-
When my life is stressful, my favorite game is called 'Pop It,' where you pop balloons and prizes fall out. It's a five-minute game that focuses my mind and gives me extra attention when I'm stressed.
-
Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.
-
No one’s good just from being born any place
