Block Quotes · Page 12

If you can't find your inspiration by walking around the block one time, go around two blocks-but never three.

— Robert Motherwell

Prudence is sometimes stretched too far, until it blocks the road of progress.

— Tehyi Hsieh

But still the block of Vengeance firm doth stand, and Fate, as swordsmith, hammers blow on blow.

— Aeschylus

Work on psychological blocks like shame and guilt - they falsely color your reality.

— Deepak Chopra

Everyone faces defeat. It may be a stepping-stone or a stumbling block, depending on the mental attitude with which it is faced.

— Napoleon Hill

He is ready to cleanse you, It is sin, after all, that lies at the door and blocks you way to the…

— Charles Spurgeon

The problem with TV now is that there's so much competition, that you're always on the chopping block.

— Elisha Cuthbert

“This is a touch game. There are times when you've got to play hurt when you've got to block out the pain.”

— Shaquille O'Neal

In Britain, a 'block list' of harmful Web sites, used by all the major Internet Service Providers, is maintained by a private…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

Ultimately, success is not measured by first-place prizes. It's measured by the road you have traveled: how you have dealt with the…

— Nicole Haislett

I’m very curious in regards to "The Hateful Eight" specifically about the blocking of the movie. Because in comedies, we don’t block.…

— Seth Rogen

The dismembering of a human being routinely in 30 minutes on an outpatient bases - or any other way - is barbaric.…

— John Piper

That's such a relevant thing, as an actor - committing and not being distracted by any kind of technical awareness, or whatever.…

— Dylan O'Brien

We can remove the blocks to realizing our Higher Power by experiencing (including living in the Now), remembering, forgiving and surrendering (these…

— Charles L. Whitfield

Racing's very much like the world of acting. You have your front runners and you have guys that are there for the…

— Sylvester Stallone

Anger or bitterness toward those who have hurt you will block your path to higher ground. You can have anger toward people…

— Vernon Howard

I've never worked a day in my life. The joy of writing has propelled me from day to day and year to…

— Ray Bradbury

What the meat industry figured out is that you don't need healthy animals to make a profit. Sick animals are more profitable...…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

I'm working with fragments a lot of the time and the connective tissue isn't there yet. I think of it the way…

— Dan Chaon

I so love the animation process. Interesting, everything that I do in animation, the kind of crafting and skills of storytelling, totally…

— Roy Conli

Like most young physicists, when I was a kid enraptured with physics, I thought, "Everything can be explained by the theory of…

— Adam Frank

Those type of people [in New Orleans] keep me happy and just smiling, you know? I just go hang out and talk…

— Troy Andrews

Mama, I know you used to ride the bus. Riding the bus, and it’s hot and bumpy and crowded and too noisy,…

— Marsha Norman

I won't take time to repeat all the obvious benefits of physical exercise but will only underscore the well-attested fact that a…

— Stephen Covey

The family is the building block for whatever solidarity there is in society.

— William Ruckelshaus

The body is the prop for the soul. So why not let the body be propped by a wall or a block?

— B.K.S. Iyengar

(Doctors) collectively have done more to block adequate medical care for people of this country than any other single group.

— Jimmy Carter

People have writer's block not because they can't write, but because they despair of writing eloquently.

— Anonymous

Faith in God is the instrument which enables men and women to remove the hills of difficulty which block their path.

— William Barclay

I think virgins are far more interesting to write about. If we've been around the block a few times, we know what…

— E. L. James

Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident because that will block your improvement.

— Anonymous

I cannot live without flowers everywhere. I grew up having a big garden, the size of a city block, in Rombas.

— Mireille Guiliano

If clouds are blocking the sun, there will always be a silver lining that reminds me to keep on trying.

— Matthew Quick

And, of course, there were some times when I had writer's block and I had a hard time figuring out how to…

— Nita Strauss

Often the block [in writing] comes from the wall of words that keep out the simplicity of sense.

— Adam Gopnik

Utopians...consider individual freedom as the stumbling block on which the grandiose idea of mankind's totalization may flounder.

— Thomas Steven Molnar

My God is a God who wants me to have things. He wants me to bling. He wants me to be the…

— Mary J. Blige

I've been around the block a couple of times, and the guy I am now is the guy I like to be.

— David Johansen

The NFL offensive blocking is played differently; they use their hands instead of their head and shoulders.

— Jim Otto

If emotional issues remain unaddressed over long periods of time, sometimes they can manifest as physical blocks or disease.

— Brandon Bays