Experiences Quotes · Page 12

I try to write characters that are as real, emotionally and psychologically, as I can make them; I feel the same way…

— Lauren Oliver

Harvard has played an important role in my life. I was a student, Class of 1936, and I've been on the board…

— David Rockefeller

There's nothing particularly unique about my experiences except that they're my experiences.

— Sarah McLachlan

It's possible that Generation Facebook, accustomed as it is to a whole range of experiences that it only imbibes online, doesn't have…

— Noreena Hertz

For me, it makes sense to address shocking experiences through poems because of the way poems also have that effect on the…

— Dana Goodyear

“Sometimes life brings you the most unexpected experiences, where you learn more than you ever wanted to.”

— Emily Gabriela Vira

I was kind of reflecting on my life and certain experiences, and you know, when I'm teaching and coaching my partners on…

— Derek Hough

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 only real experiences I've had with therapists were the ones who were working with me and my family when my mother…

— Kevin Spacey

I've always been a big advocate of making shows affordable because a lot of these bottle-service clubs and events are geared toward…

— Kaskade

I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of…

— Major Taylor

I've been mostly influenced by experiences in the theater growing up.

— Cate Blanchett

I've been really lucky to have had my fair share of relationships over the years and experiences to draw from. But I…

— Mayer Hawthorne

I love having first-time experiences. When you're past the age of 20 or so, there are less and less first-time experiences.

— Justine Bateman

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

The stuff I did in 'Rescue Me' was great. It gave me the opportunity to play comedy, and Denis Leary was the…

— Kevin Chapman

I've had so many experiences in cycling, but in some ways I have nothing left to prove. I have achieved more than…

— Clara Hughes

Scientific studies about relationships fascinate me, and I devour them hungrily, especially when they give big, fancy-sounding names to everyday experiences.

— Jenna McCarthy

Every record, you've got more experiences to draw on as a writer and a musician.

— Jerry Cantrell

I love the idea of real-life experiences finding their way into fiction. I think that's really cool.

— Joel Edgerton

If you don't have your experiences in the moment, if you gloss them over with jokes or zoom past them, you end…

— David Rakoff

You see, you learn from all your bad experiences, so they're really positive. It's all part of the cosmic knowing.

— Nina Hagen

“It is better to experience than to be told. But it is wiser to learn from the great sacred-souls.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

I first thought about becoming a writer after the age of 30, which is rather late, I'd say. In my 20s, I…

— Natsuo Kirino

Humanity's legacy of stories and storytelling is the most precious we have. All wisdom is in our stories and songs. A story…

— Doris Lessing