Block Quotes · Page 23

Usually writer's block arises when something is wrong internally with the story.

— Meg Cabot

You pray for good health and a body that will be strong in old age. Good-but your rich foods block the gods'…

— Aulus Persius Flaccus

Come on fathers, don't hesitate, send them off before it's too late. Be the first one on the block to have your…

— Country Joe McDonald

Positive reinforcement changes behavior for the better, while criticism stabilizes negative behaviors and blocks change.

— Virginia H. Pearce

If we attempt to block the development of new technology, we effectively have ensured that the most responsible parties will not develop…

— Ralph Merkle

If you're so pro-life, do me a favour: don't lock arms and block medical clinics. If you're so pro-life, lock arms and…

— Bill Hicks

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.

— Michelangelo

He had the feeling that there was something physically behind his eyes, blocking the light.

— Jeffrey Eugenides

[Betsy DeVos] is quite a smart person, capable, pretty sophisticated in subtle thought. And so to me, that puts her in the…

— David Brooks

The Sopranos,' for instance, is arguably the best cable show of all time. They could have made a movie, but that show…

— Jerry Ferrara

The Language of Sand has something for everyone: myths, mystery, community, humor, grief, and ultimately healing. I found myself not only rooting…

— Brunonia Barry

Just the thought of anybody saying that Obama was the one who divided us when the Republican leadership started out saying we're…

— Jolene Ivey

Neglecting passion blocks creative flow. When you're passionate, you're energized. Likewise, when you lack passion, your energy is low and unproductive. Energy…

— Gabrielle Bernstein

There are two kinds of sculptures. There's the kind that subtracts: Michelangelo starts with a block of marble and chips away. And…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

The Last Supper is supposed to be thirteen men. Who is this woman? "Everyone misses it, our preconceived notions of this scene…

— Dan Brown

The fact is that we would have had comprehensive health care now, had it not been for Ted Kennedy's deliberately blocking the…

— Jimmy Carter

When we hunt or fish, we deliberately kill a defenseless being who wishes us no harm. This is a direct violation of…

— Norm Phelps

That distinctive presidential conduct is now gone forever, banished to the snows of yesteryear by Barack Obama. From the beginning of his…

— John Podhoretz

Life is a series of diminishments. Each cessation of an activity either from choice or some variety of infirmity is a death,…

— Coleman Dowell

Gratitude is the key that opens up the gateway of your heart that allows the untapped and inspiring potential of love to…

— John Frederick Demartini

Some ISPs are blocking all BitTorrent traffic, because BitTorrent can be used to share files in a piratical way. Hollywood lobbying groups…

— Wil Wheaton

There's a strong nativist tradition - saying, "we have to protect ourselves" - that comes from the founding of the country. If…

— Noam Chomsky

And if I'm ahead, I can sometimes tell. It might mean I'm having a good swim, but pretty much, I'm just focused…

— Katie Ledecky

My father had been in the military and he was a weapons specialist, so he had an affinity for weapons but also…

— Lupe Fiasco

My block was due to two overlapping factors: laziness and lack of discipline.

— Mary Garden

There is no such thing as writer's block. There is only not enough information. If you can't write, learn something.

— Nikki Giovanni

The stock market resembles a huge laundry in which institutions take in large blocks of each others washing ... without rhyme or reason.

— Benjamin Graham

I love New York. I can walk half a block and I'm at the grocery store. I don't have to drive anywhere.

— Camren Bicondova

Inconsistent professors are the greatest stumbling blocks to the spread of the cause of Christ!

— Charles Spurgeon

Poetry cannot block a bullet or still a sjambok, but it can bear witness to brutality-thereby cultivating a flower in a graveyard.

— Nelson Mandela

Successful people see adversity as a stepping stone rather than a stumbling block.

— Shawn Achor

The only reason any person does not have enough money is because they are blocking money from coming to them with their…

— Rhonda Byrne

Old unhealthy thoughts can block off inspiration and motivation. Dropping them releases a strong flow of power through the mind.

— Norman Vincent Peale

I think living in Israel and wanting to change reality is the best prescription for never-ending writer's block.

— Etgar Keret

Silat is not just block and punch; it has a specific rhythm to it, a dynamic to it.

— Iko Uwais

Liberal-socialist women generalize about women as if they are some sort of monolithic voting block of disenfranchised, victimized citizens.

— Charlie Kirk

Blocking and countering like they do in the films doesn't work, so don't bother trying.

— Geoff Thompson

Spreadable butter is wonderful for cake-making: it's much easier to cream than the block type and slightly lighter because it's blended with…

— Jane Asher

Why should antitrust laws be used to block mergers that the market, by the existence of willing buyers and sellers, shows to…

— Henry Manne

This is still a lot of blocking and tackling. I'm not seeing the kind of vision thing associated with a frothy market.

— Jermichael Finley