Quotes about doing page 91
Bill Watterson (1958) American comic artist
Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat
Source: Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
Michael Pollan book The Omnivore's Dilemma
Source: The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (New York: The Penguin Press, 2006), p. 333.
Context: The industrialization — and brutalization — of animals in America is a relatively new, evitable, and local phenomenon: No other country raises and slaughters its food animals quite as intensively or as brutally as we do. No other people in history has lived at quite so great a remove from the animals they eat. Were the walls of our meat industry to become transparent, literally or even figuratively, we would not long continue to raise, kill, and eat animals the way we do.
“Ask yourself: 'Do I feel the need to laminate?' Then teaching is for you.”
Gordon Korman (1963) Canadian American children's writer
Anne Lamott (1954) Novelist, essayist, memoirist, activist
Traveling Mercies; on page 22 of Bird by Bird she attributes this to "my priest friend Tom"
Samuel P. Huntington (1927–2008) American political scientist
Source: The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (1996), Ch. 2 : Civilizations in History and Today, § 10 : Relations Among Civilizations, p. 51
“some people fall in love over and over again while some people can only do it once.”
Ann Brashares book Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood
Source: Forever in Blue: The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood
Edward Everett Hale (1822–1909) American author and Unitarian clergyman
Statement published in A Year of Beautiful Thoughts (1902) by Jeanie Ashley Bates Greenough, p. 172, Third statement for June 11. This has often been misattributed to Helen Keller in some published works since at least 1980, perhaps because she somewhere quoted it.
Variant:
I am only one,
But still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something;
And because I cannot do everything,
I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.
The Book of Good Cheer : A Little Bundle of Cheery Thoughts (1909) by Edwin Osgood Grover, p. 28; also in Masterpieces of Religious Verse (1948) by James Dalton Morrison, p. 416, where it is titled "Lend a Hand"
Variant: I am only one, but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do something that I can do.
“Sometimes life is not about what u want to do but what u ought to do”
Chetan Bhagat (1974) Indian author, born 1974
Source: Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Magic Rises
“If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?”
Erma Bombeck (1927–1996) When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent le…
Book title (1978)
Source: When God Created Mothers
“Authors do not supply imaginations, they expect their readers to have their own, and to use it”
Nella Larsen (1891–1964) Novelist, librarian, nurse
“Find out what people want to do, then tell them to do it. They'll think you're a genius.”
Connie Brockway (1954) American writer
Source: The Bridal Season
“Just because it's a bad job doesn't mean I need to do it badly.”
Hugh Laurie book The Gun Seller
Source: The Gun Seller
Sean Covey (1964) author; business executive
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide
“Do things that make you happy within the confines of the legal system.”
Ellen DeGeneres (1958) American stand-up comedian, television host, and actress
Source: Seriously... I'm Kidding
“I don't care what the polls say. I don't. I'm doing what I think what's wrong.”
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
“Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.”
William Goldman book The Princess Bride
Source: The Princess Bride
Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author
Source: Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success
“As long as you do things for God, you are a Hall of Famer in heaven's list.”
Rick Warren (1954) Christian religious leader
Source: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?
“The dead cannot cry out for justice; it is a duty of the living to do so for them.”
Lois McMaster Bujold book Diplomatic Immunity
Source: Vorkosigan Saga, Diplomatic Immunity (2002)
“Do the right thing by whoever crosses your path. Those coincidental people are your people.”
Maxine Hong Kingston book Tripmaster Monkey
Source: Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book
“Rose to Rachel:
You cry you get angry then you do something about it.”
Kim Harrison (1966) Pseudonym
Source: The Good, the Bad, and the Undead
“Enough madness? Enough? And how do you measure madness? - The Joker”
Grant Morrison (1960) writer
Source: Batman: Arkham Asylum
“Find out who you are, and do it on purpose.”
Nicholas Sparks book A Walk to Remember
Source: A Walk to Remember
“I have lived my life according to this principle: If I'm afraid of it, then I must do it.”
Erica Jong (1942) Novelist, poet, memoirist, critic
“Oh, come on. I have to know about the who-do voodoo that you do. (Nick)”
Sherrilyn Kenyon (1965) Novelist
Source: Infinity
“I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.”
Dr. Seuss book Green Eggs and Ham
Source: Green Eggs and Ham (1960)
Context: I would not like them here or there.
I would not like them anywhere.
I do not like green eggs and ham.
I do not like them, Sam-I-Am.
“As our options expand, so do our desires - and unmet desires in particular.”
Megan McCafferty (1973) American novelist
Fourth Comings
“So where do you start when you want to start your life again?”
Douglas Coupland Hey Nostradamus!
Source: Hey Nostradamus!
Jenny Nimmo (1944) British author of children's books
Source: Charlie Bone and the Time Twister
Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writer
Source: Blue-Eyed Devil
“No, I won't marry you. I won't do it. No one can force me.”
Gail Carson Levine Ella Enchanted
Source: Ella Enchanted
Mark Haddon book The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Source: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
“The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.”
Henry Ford (1863–1947) American industrialist
“Doctor doctor, what do you say, lets put the id back in yid”
Philip Roth book Portnoy's Complaint
Source: Portnoy's Complaint
Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo
Source: Magic Bleeds
“I hate this plan,” I said. “Let’s do it.”
Rick Riordan book The Sword of Summer
Source: The Sword of Summer
“They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate.”
Edmund Burke (1729–1797) Anglo-Irish statesman
“Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored”
Alice Walker (1944) American author and activist
“We can become inspired to shape a higher, more ideal future, and when we do, miracles happen.”
James Redfield book The Tenth Insight: Holding the Vision
Source: The Tenth Insight: Holding the Vision
Brené Brown (1965) US writer and professor
Source: The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
“If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done.”
Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America
Not found in Jefferson's writings, according to the Jefferson Monticello center https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/if-you-want-something-you-have-never-had-quotation. First known appearance in print is from 2004. <br class="br">Misattributed
“Take what you can have. Rejoice in what you can save, and do not mourn your losses too long.”
Robert Jordan (1948–2007) American writer
Lews Therin Telamon
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