Experiences Quotes · Page 22

Lyrical poets have to be in touch with visceral experience. I've always tried to avoid virtual experiences. That's emerging in my fiction.

— Steven Heighton

Wherever a writer grew up, they're obviously influenced by that area, and I'm sure their characters are pulled from those experiences.

— Jim Rash

Experiences aren't pornographic; only images and representations - structures of the imagination - are.

— Susan Sontag

Some experiences can give you a chip on your shoulder, but they also teach you the value of independence and looking out…

— Rick Ross

For me, what's a more important question is how we get at least the option of more diverse experiences in this media.

— Will Wright

A good part of my leadership skills is crafted from learning from experiences early in my career that were not positive experiences.

— John Lasseter

PGA of America has been very good to me; played some of the Junior Ryder Cups, and those go down as some…

— Jordan Spieth

“Every memory makes me who I am right now, in this moment. Good or bad, all experiences shape you.”

— L.H. Cosway

“Wearing a $1,000 suit and driving a Ferrari may be better than riding around in a beaten-up pickup truck, but when it’s…

— John Hawkins

Reviewers try to square the antics of a writer's life with the antics in the fiction. Even satirical verbal play is too…

— Joanna Scott

Obviously I've had great experiences with people I've worked with on films - I've married half of them! I should come with…

— Kate Beckinsale

I really just try to enjoy the game and hope that I can inspire young kids. I started playing tennis because of…

— Ana Ivanovic

I talk to our kids now that they are grown up, and I ask them about the experiences that had growing up…

— Clayton Christensen

The same stimuli in the world can be inducing very different experiences internally and it's probably based on a single change in…

— David Eagleman

In a short amount of time, I've lived so much, had so many experiences and met so many different types of people…

— Jennifer Lawrence

I don't really read a lot of newspapers. I don't pay attention to what is being said or written about me. I've…

— Virat Kohli

First, I used some of my own experiences and observations from attending a public high school. Secondly, I joined in some Internet…

— Ellen Muth

Receiving personal revelation is not a passive process. As we seek such revelations, we must prepare for these sacred experiences.

— L. Lionel Kendrick

When I was a kid, my dad used to take me out to the race track, and so many formative experiences have…

— David Milch

Truthfully, I despise hotels. I've had such better experiences staying at people's houses and guesthouses; it's so much more comfortable and homey.

— Rob Machado

I am an ordinary person who has been blessed with extraordinary opportunities and experiences.

— Sonia Sotomayor

“And I am someone who does not let inconsequential boys and near-death experiences stop her.”

— Tris Prior

Precisely because white denial has long trumped claims of racism, people of color tend to underreport their experiences with racial bias rather…

— Tim Wise

“Live and love the experiences you’re having when you’re having them, and for as long as they last, and rest assured you…

— D. L. Kline

“My left foot is the wisdom from yesterday, my right foot is the vision of tomorrow and my mind is focused on…

— Amit Kalantri

Obviously with the experiences I've had, the places I've been able to play, the name I've been able to make for myself,…

— Jozy Altidore

It's always fun when you get to go somewhere new and you get to meet new people and get new experiences.

— J. B. Bickerstaff

I've had an incredible life with a lot of triumphs, my share of heartbreak, and some pretty amazing experiences.

— Mike Love

I have had experiences, memories and back stabbing by friends but by the end of it all it is them who I…

— Samuthirakani

We think we've got great stories and characters that will lend themselves to great standalone experiences, and that's the way we're focusing…

— Diane Nelson

Love meeting new people, traveling to new locations, hearing new experiences and stories and finding new evidence.

— Anonymous

I wasn't able to relate to anyone on TV growing up, so I wanted to bring my own experiences to the screen.

— Ellen Wong

My parents wanted us to be well-rounded individuals and really have the American experiences as richly as one can.

— Uzo Aduba

“Learn from past experiences but accept them all as perfect while staying in the present. Let go of everything that doesn't serve…

— Mike Basevic

Just growing up in London I was looking for new experiences. I was a quite the experimental kid, I had a lot…

— Florence And The Machine

I've had some not-great experiences with laser hair removal, probably because I haven't done what they told me.

— Emily Weiss

Where you have 20 people who all share roughly the same educational and life experiences, they're going to come up with the…

— Robert Webb

I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series.

— Victor Garber

I've had so many great experiences in my life, of living total free will, that I wouldn't change it for all the…

— George Jung

Wouldn't it be amazing if we spent as much energy investing in experiences as we do investing in things?

— Ruzwana Bashir