#trick

It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making those that are required. ↗

— Ivan Goncharov

#avoid #dishonest #making #needed #offer

There's a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins with the vision to recognize when a job, a life stage, a relationship is over - and to let go. It means leaving what's over without denying its value. ↗

— Ellen Goodman

#denying #exit #go #graceful #job

Peace was declared, but not all of us were drunk with joy or stricken blind. ↗

— George Grosz

#declared #drunk #joy #peace #stricken

I notice that students, particularly for gay students, it's too easy to write about my last trick or something. It's not very interesting to the reader. ↗

— Thom Gunn

#easy #gay #i #interesting #last

One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works then a lot of the magic turns mundane. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#how #like #lot #magic #magician

Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together. ↗

— David Hare

#carry #head #heart #keep #people

I heard recently that I used to date Patrick Swayze. ↗

— Davey Havok

#heard #i #patrick #recently #used

The American people likewise want to see enforcement first, no tricks, no triggers, no amnesty, enforcing existing laws and closing loopholes to reaffirm that our great Republic is, in fact, a nation of laws. ↗

— J. D. Hayworth

#american people #amnesty #closing #enforcement #enforcing

It gets really tricky giving advice. The older I get, the less advice I give. ↗

— Anne Heche

#get #gets #give #giving #i

Right now I'm looking at a liger out my bedroom window. He's half lion and half tiger. And he's absolutely beautiful. His name is Patrick. ↗

— Tippi Hedren

#beautiful #bedroom #half #his #i