Catherynne M. Valente Quotes
Magic is just a word for what’s left to the powerless once everyone else has eaten their fill.
Quotes to Explore
-
The resolution has made a real threat of war go away and opens the way for further work in the interests of a political- diplomatic settlement of the situation around Iraq.
-
It wasn't my dream to make music. It was just something I ended up doing, and no one said stop.
-
There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.
-
My workout involves cardio, jogging, and yoga as well. I am a firm believer of yoga and meditation.
-
I had been working in colour for ten years or so and looked at digital and liked the possibilities it gave me.
-
I've been through Hell with some of the members of my old band, and Hell is highly stressful.
-
At the end of the day, the government, local government all bow to public pressure.
-
I feel like I have adopted the Philippines as my second country.
-
I don't think tennis is a glamour game, not at all.
-
I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment.
-
Well, this week for example, I was just in Los Angeles making a documentary for German television on whales. They had tried to get me in England where they missed me.
-
As a doctor, I will take it and make it my mission to heal the nation, reverse the course of Obamacare, and repeal every last bit of it.
-
Musik höhere Offenbarung ist als alle Weisheit und Philosophie.1
-
As a teenager, I didn't want to be an actor at all.
-
To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.
-
As long as it served his purpose, Mr. Lincoln boldly advocated the right of Secession.
-
I'm recording an album. It's sort of techno mixed with garbage - you, know, intense in-your-face music.
-
I have a really feminine voice, but I also feel quite powerful when I write. So my songs feel heavy, and that's how Banks sounds. It's a really short, powerful sound. It almost sounds masculine, and I like having that dichotomy.
-
Don't regret your mistakes. You'll always make mistakes. The better you are, the less mistakes you make. The only way to get better is to thoroughly analyze your mistakes.
-
People have always assumed that I am privileged. And that has been a problem sometimes. When I first started modelling, and I was schlepping around London with no money, I found it rather irksome that people thought I had a private income when I didn't.
-
Look, I might have lived in England for the last several years but I'm still an American citizen and I have not given up my right to privacy.
-
I believe in the magic and authority of words.
-
Take steps each day to be sure your life expresses commitment to Jesus.
-
Magic is just a word for what’s left to the powerless once everyone else has eaten their fill.
