Stephen Kellert Quotes

To do a poem justice, explain what makes it unique; to get a poem noticed, explain what makes it typical. ~ Stephen Burt

Ataturk approved of the mevlevi dervish approach to God as being 'an expression of Turkish genius' that reclaimed Islam from what he saw as hide-bound, backward Arab tradition. ~ Stephen Kinzer

The formula for success is Cosmic Ordering, the formula for failure is worry. ~ Stephen Richards

Creating a warm, caring, supportive, encouraging environment is probably the most important thing you can do for your family. ~ Stephen Covey

Although deer season doesn't start until November in Maine, the fields of October are often alive with gunshots; the locals are shooting as many peasants as they think their families will eat. ~ Stephen King

The candle flickered in the wind of the hurricane... Then, the light of one hundred billion stars burned out. ~ Stephen Chbosky

When I'm asked why I decided to write the sort of thing I do write, I always think the question is more revealing than any answer I could possibly give. Wrapped within it, like the chewy stuff in the center of a Tootsie Pop, is the assumption that the writer controls the material instead of the other way around.3 ~ Stephen King

Stephen Sondheim said : If you know where you're going, you've gone. Move on. ~ Jennifer Crusie

You be careful. I'd take you myself, but I'm busy as a cat in a mess of guitar strings. ~ Stephen King

Join me in standing up against any actual knowledge about guns. Let the CDC know they can take away our ignorance when the pry it from our cold dead minds. ~ Stephen Colbert

Chronic multitaskers "are suckers for irrelevancy," says Stanford communications professor Clifford Nass. "Everything distracts them." They can't ignore things, can't remember as well, and have weaker self-control. ~ Stephen L. Macknik

ODE TO STEPHEN DOWLING BOTS, DEC'D And did young Stephen sicken, And did young Stephen die? And did the sad hearts thicken, And did the mourners cry? No; such was not the fate of Young Stephen Dowling Bots; Though sad hearts round him thickened, 'Twas not from sickness' shots. No whooping-cough did rack his frame, Nor measles drear with spots; Not these impaired the sacred name Of Stephen Dowling Bots. Despised love struck not with woe That head of curly knots, Nor stomach troubles laid him low, Young Stephen Dowling Bots. O no. Then list with tearful eye, Whilst I his fate do tell. His soul did from this cold world fly By falling down a well. They got him out and emptied him; Alas it was too late; His spirit was gone for to sport aloft In the realms of the good and great. If ~ Mark Twain

How much courage does it take to fire up your tractor and plow under a crop you spent six or seven years growing? How much courage to go on and do that after you've spent all that time finding out how to prepare the soil and when to plant and how much to water and when to reap? How much to just say, I have to quit these peas. Peas are no good for me, I better try corn or beans. ~ Stephen King

Debt is a task master to be feared almost as much as the dictators themselves. It has enslaved thousands in its meshes. It has wrecked happy homes. ~ Stephen L. Richards

Time flies, knells call, life passes, so hear my prayer.
Birth is nothing but death begun, so hear my prayer.
Death is speechless, so hear my speech.
This is Jake, who served his ka and his tet. Say true.
May the forgiving glance of S'mana heal his heart. Say please.
May the arms of Gan raise him from the darkness of this earth. Say please.
Surround him, Gan , with light.
Fill him, Chloe, with strength.
If he is thirsty, give him water in the clearing.
If he is hungry, give him food in the clearing.
May his life on this earth and the pain of his passing become as a dream to his waking soul, and let his eyes fall upon every lovely sight; let him find the friends that were lost to him, and let every one whose name he calls call his in return.
This is Jake, who lived well, loved his own, and died as ka would have it.
Each man owes a death. This is Jake. Give him peace. ~ Stephen King

If that kind of poetry doesn't make your bosom heave then I fear we shall never be friends. ~ Stephen Fry

For ourselves, Mighty Father, I pray you keep us from the sin of hatred, keep us from the sin of vengeance, keep us from the sin of despair, but protect us from the wicked schemes of our enemies. Walk with us now on this uncertain road. Send angels to go before us, angels to go behind, angels on either side, angels above and below - guarding, shielding, encompassing." He paused for a moment and then added, "May the Holy One give us the courage of righteousness and grant us strength for this day and through all things whatsoever shall befall us. Amen. ~ Stephen R. Lawhead

Where do I get my ideas? The more pertinent question is ... how do I make them stop? ~ Stephen King

Fine," I said. "So our girl, the hero of our story - " "Heroine," he said. "No, I haven't got any," I said. ~ Stephen Kozeniewski

Once I fell in love with books, I fell in love completely. ~ Stephen King

All the same, you don't do it for money, or you're a monkey. You don't think of the bottom line, or you're a monkey. You don't think of it in terms of hourly wage, yearly wage, even lifetime wage, or you're a monkey. In the end you don't even do it for love, although it would be nice to think so. You do it because to not do it is suicide. ~ Stephen King

Nobody seems to understand that in such matters the tact and sympathy should come from the one who is about to die, not the poor bugger who has to take the news. ~ Stephen Fry

a slow drum muffled in velvet. It's her heart. ~ Stephen King

A time, a space, a different place/ How perfect we might be/ I would be the wind that blows/ You'd be that Willow tree/ And I could never bare the thought of you not by my side/ So I would be the warmth of day/ You'd be the cool of night ~ Stephen Marley

Did you ever consider how ridiculous it would be to try to cram on a farm - to forget to plant in the spring, play all summer and then cram in the fall to bring in the harvest? The farm is a natural system. The price must be paid and the process followed. You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut. This ~ Stephen R. Covey

My own field of paleontology has strongly challenged the Darwinian premise that life's major transformations can be explained by adding up, through the immensity of geological time, the successive tiny changes produced generation after generation by natural selection. ~ Stephen Jay Gould

Adults do not forget the horrors and shamings of their childhood, but those feelings tend to lose their immediacy ~ Stephen King

It was recently discovered that research causes cancer in rats. ~ Stephen Hawking

All Thing Serve the Beam ~ Stephen King

Authors, such as William Zinsser, Steven Pinker, Natalie Goldberg, and Stephen King, who have all written exquisite books on the art and craft of writing, have reminded me that it is the commitment to the craft that matters the most; the longing to get better and the countless hours of work that go into writing and rewriting. To them I am eternally grateful. ~ Gudjon Bergmann

I write for love, but love doesn't pay the bills. ~ Stephen King

Accidental shooting death, they argue, are just part of the price we pay for freedom ... and besides, that sort of thing would never happen to me; I'm too cool-headed. ~ Stephen King

Unwind the - Stan began, and then there was a much louder explosion. The echo rolled slowly across the Barrens. A cloud of gulls rose from the eastern side of the dump, squalling and crying. They all jumped this time. Stan dropped ~ Stephen King

Out of his private victories, public victories began to come. ~ Stephen R. Covey

The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried. ~ Stephen McCranie

(The story that Newton was inspired by an apple hitting his head is almost certainly apocryphal. All Newton himself ever said was that the idea of gravity came to him as he sat "in a contemplative mood" and "was occasioned by the fall of an apple.") ~ Stephen Hawking

I have visited Japan several times and have always been shown wonderful hospitality. ~ Stephen Hawking

Pointless to question the sanity of it. ~ Stephen Lloyd Jones

I suppose I could get a job to have something to do, but working when I don't have to work would be like pulling a straight and healthy tooth
pointless and extremely painful.
David Palmer ~ Stephen Reid Andrews

They said it was going fine and gave him those dazed, fuck-struck smiles of which only newlyweds are capable. ~ Stephen King

Science has an unfortunate habit of discovering information politicians don't want to hear, largely because it has some bearing on reality. ~ Stephen L. Burns

Independent thinking alone is not suited to interdependent reality. ~ Stephen Covey