Kirsten Hubbard Quotes

I know that this time, the worst thing I can do is let go. And I won't be losing anything. Because it's the most selfish thing I could ever do - to allow myself to fall for someone worthwhile. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

I used to wonder what it would look like if all my footsteps were painted red: all the steps I'd ever taken in all the places I'd ever been. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

Toby liked to say he chose not to be impulsive. As if being impulsive were something you consciously decide. When I look at Starling, with her turquoise turban and wet knot of hair, and at Rowan, with his stack of cheap string anklets, I think: Impulsive isn't something you choose. It's something you are. Like gay, or freckled or bipolar. Something I pretend to be but am not. Not really. Not deep down. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

We're both made of stars, Jory Birch. Everybody is. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

A person's actions could be interpreted in a number of ways, depending on who was watching. Their viewpoints were simply skewed by their beliefs, their prejudices, and their private desires. Their personal kaleidoscopes. I couldn't judge them, of course. I was the same way. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

The appeal of leaving and never looking back. No endpoint to your journey.
How gloriously terrifying. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

Prices are relative. So is poverty. So is happiness. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

Wanderlust is like itchy feet. It's when you can't settle down. But Wanderlove is much deeper than that ... it's a compulsion. It's the difference between lust and love. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

You're not big on people, are you?"
"I wouldn't say that. Just ... when faced with the choice between small talk with strangers and peace and quiet, I'll choose the latter every time. You know? ~ Kirsten Hubbard

Envy is when you want what someone else has. Jealousy's when you also don't want them to have it. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

She turned up the volume. I listened for a second to the high-pitched garble of Italian. "Taffeta," I said, "how is this your favorite part? You don't even know what the words mean."

"I do too," she insisted.

"No you don't--they're in another language."

"Yes I do, Grace." She swiveled the volume knob. "Listen. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

You can't control the past, but you can control where you go next. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

Well ... I love moving in extra dimensions. Not just backwards and forwards, but up and down and around. And fins. I love swimming with fins - human feet are practically useless underwater. I love all the unique things you see on each dive. Millions of
little aquatic soap operas playing out between all the creatures. And the silence. Well, it's not really silent
down there, but the roar of bubbles blocks any other
sound ... ~ Kirsten Hubbard

Back then I thought Mother Nature split the good guys from the bad guys with a fat black line. But the thing is, in real life, they're often the same guy. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

When you're three, you don't draw what you see
you draw upon your imagination. Nobody tells you to stop putting wings on people, unless you have a most unfortunate preschool teacher. You are intoxicated by your own magic. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

I love moving in extra dimensions. Not just backwards and forwards, but up and down and around. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

We're always itching to go, to move on, to escape. We convince ourselves we could truly be happy if only we were somewhere else. Or somebody else.
While it's smart to plan for the future, we won't find real happiness if our eyes never leave the horizon. When we're all rushing off in different directions, we miss the worthwhile places, and worthwhile people, already around us.
But we can't wait for them to chase us down - we've got to seek them out. Because for two people to meet in the middle, both have to take that first step. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

You can't truly hate someone until you've cared about them. Until you've loved them. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

You got to find your own places. The places you get, girl, the ones that stick in your heart. And if you're lucky, you find people to share them with. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

Even when life turns out different than what you've planned, it's always better to try and fail than to wonder what could have been. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

I want to draw you. All of you.' Then I pause. 'That came out wrong-you can keep your clothes on. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

I recall the rasp of charcoal on newsprint, the chewing-gum stretch of a kneaded eraser, the precarious bite of a razor blade in a new pencil. The vibrancy of fresh watercolors squeezed from a tube. A new sketchbook, cracked open to flawless white. The way the smell of turpentine made me feel simultaneously sick and excited. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

Because - admit it - there's something perversely appealing about sitting all alone, feeling sorry for yourself, especially when the scenery's stunning and there's a party going on behind you. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

I once heard you can't truly hate a person until you've cared about them. Until you've loved them -Mandarin ~ Kirsten Hubbard

What a fucking gorgeous night! ~ Kirsten Hubbard

I guess I work in small ways. It's kind of like this story someone told me, about a guy on the beach in Mexico throwing starfish in the sea. Thousands had washed ashore. Someone asked him why - 'Why are you wasting your time, when there are so many? You can't possibly make a difference.'"
"I know that story! The man threw another one back, and said -"
"'Made a difference to that one!'" Rowan finishes. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

You can appreciate the good things all around you, but the best part is imminent, just out of reach. Like ... perpetual anticipation. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

Isn't that what your memory was about, Bria? Losing control?"
I pause. "I never knew memories were about anything. Besides the obvious. You make them sound like dreams
subject to interpretation."
"I think the two are more related than we realize. It's all in how our minds frame them. How we decide what
and how
we remember. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

What's the good of being alive if you don't do anything? ~ Kirsten Hubbard

They're like the opposites poles of my personality. Mild-mannered, responsible Reese is who I used to be, while in-your-face Olivia's who I want to be - with a few sharp edges dulled. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

Hearing about vacations is like hearing about dreams
no one cares except the person who's experienced them. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

But all that's hugely unlikely
with the exception of mosquito bites and sunburn. And yet even experienced travelers are still afraid.
"What everyone forgets
even me
is the people who actually live here. In places like Central America, I mean. Southeast Asia. India. Africa. Millions, even billions, of people, who live out their whole lives in these places
the places so many people like us fear. Think about it: they ride chicken buses to work every day. Their clothes are always damp. Their whole lives, they never escape the dust and the heat. But they deal with all these discomforts. They have to.
"So why can't travelers? If we've got the means to get here, we owe it to the country we're visiting not to treat it like an amusement park, sanitized for our comfort. It's insulting to the people who live here. People just trying to have the best lives they can, with the hands they've been dealt. ~ Kirsten Hubbard

You lose like five pounds immediately, and your face is glowing and gorgeous! ~ Kirsten Dunst

Small islands of coherence in a sea of chaos can shift the whole system to a higher order. ~ Barbara Marx Hubbard

Nothing dispels enthusiasm like a small admission fee. ~ Kin Hubbard

If you can achieve action, you will achieve happiness. ~ L. Ron Hubbard

The reason the way of the transgressor is hard is because it's so crowded. ~ Kin Hubbard

A true Educator locates the intelligence and abilities within another, drawing them out for all, even the student, to see. And then steps out of the way, allowing them to develop, create and pursue their talent. ~ L. Ron Hubbard

Constant effort and frequent mistakes are the stepping stones to genius. ~ Elbert Hubbard

As a lawyer you never speak with emotion. It's about the precise facts. ~ Kirsten Gillibrand

Everyone goes through a hard time in their life. ~ Kirsten Dunst

One great, strong, unselfish soul in every community could actually redeem the world. ~ Elbert Hubbard

The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge. ~ Elbert Hubbard

You had better be a round peg in a square hole than a square peg in a square hole. The latter is in for life, while the first is only an indeterminate sentence. ~ Elbert Hubbard

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. ~ Elbert Hubbard

We pursued the wrong policies. George Bush is not on the ballot. Bill Clinton is not on the ballot. Mitt Romney is on the ballot, and Barack Obama is on the ballot. And Mitt Romney is proposing tax reform, regulatory reform, a wise budget strategy and trade. The president has proposed tax increases. ~ Glenn Hubbard

Life in its highest state is understanding. ~ L. Ron Hubbard

I believe that we must align our actions with our highest principles. No matter the outcome, we will not have failed if we act from our best intentions."
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions, Captain," Chakotay said with equal certainty.
"So is the road to peace," Cambridge observed. ~ Kirsten Beyer

A typical rapist is a recidivist. ~ Kirsten Gillibrand

I think most human beings go through some sort of depression in their life. And if they don't, I think that's weird. ~ Kirsten Dunst

There will be a change in worldview from materialism and failure to conscious evolution. And everyone's potential to participate! ~ Barbara Marx Hubbard

Man, you'd be surprised how much I'm learning - not only about myself, but about the musicians who came before me. You don't realize at first when you listen to Armstrong's records how great this man was and how hard that Hot Five music was to play. After the experience of reading and playing those parts, I have an even greater respect for Louis Armstrong than before ~ Freddie Hubbard

So who do you suppose Imogene was last time around?" "Oh, that's easy," Haven laughed. "Attila the Hun. ~ Kirsten Miller

Women's voices aren't heard often enough. Congress should reflect the population, but with only 20 percent women in the Senate and 18 percent in the House, it just doesn't. ~ Kirsten Gillibrand

Play needs direction as well as work. ~ Elbert Hubbard

Gwendolyn and I have a beautiful relationship. She tells me everything. I haven't killed her yet. ~ Kirsten Miller

It is the weak man who urges compromise - never the strong man. ~ Elbert Hubbard

Once again a new world view is arising ... This idea is the culmination of all human history. It holds the promise of fulfilling the great aspirations of the past and heralds the advent of the next phase of our evolution. It is the idea of conscious evolution. ~ Barbara Marx Hubbard

The clue to happiness is being interested in life. People's happiness is as great as they can create it. ~ L. Ron Hubbard

We'd both been pushing at the walls of our secret world, pushing at each other. We'd give each other everything we could. ~ Jennifer R. Hubbard

Don't make the mistakes I made of not taking care of myself. Please, keeps your chops cool and don't overblow. If you are going to play hard, be sure to warm up. I'd get carried away trying to stay right with the momentum [of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers]. I used to try and play like Coltrane and solo for 30 or 40 choruses. It all caught up with me. ~ Freddie Hubbard

Those last six words - 'for a time such as this' - resonate with me to my core. I believe that in certain situations, we each have a moral responsibility to act. We all have unique opportunities that derive from our unique circumstances, and we have a duty to take them. ~ Kirsten Gillibrand

Victory; a matter of staying power. ~ Elbert Hubbard

Responsibility has more salvation in it than religion can bestow. ~ Alice Moore Hubbard

Darwin found out that when you took horses up to the high country in the Middle East, they would then grow long hair after a season or two. But when you took them - these long-haired horses - back into the low, hot country, they wouldn't get rid of the long hair, just in case, for about four generations. ~ L. Ron Hubbard

One of the simple but genuine pleasures in life is getting up in the morning and hurrying to a mousetrap you set the night before. ~ Kin Hubbard

The home is a tryst-the place where we retire and shut the world out. ~ Elbert Hubbard

We never ask God to forgive anybody except when we haven't. ~ Elbert Hubbard

Are you asking if I believe in ghosts?"
"I don't know. Maybe. Yes."
"Of course not. Imagine how many there'd be."
"Yes," Kirsten said, "that's exactly it. ~ Emily St. John Mandel

Your Integrity is more important than your immediate Life. ~ L. Ron Hubbard

You can never control who you fall in love with, even when you're in the most sad, confused time of your life. You don't fall in love with people because they're fun. It just happens. ~ Kirsten Dunst

You were twisting your wet hair up into a ponytail, and then you saw us, and you smiled ... "
"Then why didn't you-"
"Because you were smiling for him. And I would have had to have been an idiot to get in between that. ~ Mandy Hubbard

If God made us in his image, then maybe we have a right to play God when we can't find Him anymore. ~ Jenny Hubbard