WN Stanley Quotes

Not that you need to be a saint to have visions worth talking about. The most effective prescription, I suspect, is to be a disciplined sinner. Perfection, as Valery noted, is work.

Certainly the modern poets I cherish most are disturbing spirits; they do not come to coo.

Poetry today is easier to write but harder to remember.

As for sticking strictly to presently known science, I will simply point out that we have already experienced at least two major revolutions in science in this century alone.

There may be something to the suggestion about the pace of technological change intimidating writers, though - it's been awfully hard to keep ahead of real developments.

I think the rising and falling popularity of areas like hard SF and far-future SF is, to a considerable extent, the same as any other fashion.

A technical survey that systematize, digest, and appraise the mid century state of psychology.

Sometimes we all make relationships more complicated than they necessarily have to be.

I write in the mornings. During my down time.

People wear shorts to the Broadway theater. There should be a law against that.

My partner, Beth Alexander, and I want to produce smaller films, but commercially viable films that will enable me to make the kinds of movies I want to make.

I have consciously not taken the role of a gangster, which has been offered to me far too many times.

As a director you have to be careful you don't over-design the film. You have to be careful that the period aspect does not take over.

But usually I'll wake up and start writing about nine o'clock. I'll probably write for about three hours, and I'll do that over the next month and a half.

I'm actually one who will encourage directors to cut my lines.

I don't like to move the camera that much anyway.

I mean, Scorsese's a genius, and that's one way of shooting.

I didn't know you had to change diapers so often. I couldn't believe it - we must change them 10 times a day - each. So that's 20 diapers a piece a day.

In choosing not to be a beast, I discovered my humanity. I became autodidactic, self-educated - a critical thinker.

I was inspired to write children's books, but without blood and gore.

If you want to catch a cold, hang out with sick people. If you want to lose, associate with losers. But if you want to become successful, go out of your way to associate with successful people.

The calculus of utility aims at supplying the ordinary wants of man at the least cost of labour.

It is clear that economics, if it is to be a science at all, must be a mathematical science.

All classes of society are trade unionists at heart, and differ chiefly in the boldness, ability, and secrecy with which they pursue their respective interests.

Science arises from the discovery of Identity amid Diversity.

..the best strategy for giving is a two-fold approach: a basic plan combined with a willingness to consider spontaneous giving when unique opportunities arise.

I don't gamble at all, all my life. I am only interested in sports.

Besides numerous science courses, I had the opportunity to study philosophy, the history of architecture, economics, and Russian history in courses taught by extraordinarily knowledgeable professors.

Greed is not a financial issue. It's a heart issue.

Grace is the vehicle God uses on occasion to ensure that we get precisely what we dont deserve.

Good excuses rarely collect dust. We use them, and use them, and use them.

Forgiveness is simply a decision to cancel a debt.

There's a monumental difference in believing in God and believing God.

80% of your problems are not PEOPLE problems ... they are SYSTEM problems, because systems create the behaviors of people.

To understand why, submit and apply.

Money comes, money goes. But your story stays with you the rest of your life.

It doesn't really matter what time it is if you haven't determined what to do with your time.

There are many things I can do, but I have to narrow it down to the one thing I must do. The secret of concentration is elimination.

I've concluded that while nobody plans to mess up their life, the problem is that a few of us plan not to. That is, we don't put the necessary safeguards in place to ensure a happy ending.

Your response to opportunities, adversities and calling, determine the type of leader you become.

Creating breathing room financially may lower your standard of living but raise your quality of life.

Jesus did not come to be right. He came to make disciples.

We begin selling ourselves on what we want to do rather than what we ought to do. We listen to ourselves until we believe our own lies, and the we opt for happiness.

Charisma on stage is not necessarily evidence of the Holy Spirit.

We don't drift into good directions. We discipline and prioritize ourselves there.

Rebellion never goes without consequences.

The primary reason we do too much is that we have never taken the time to discover that portion of what we do that makes the biggest difference.

Leaders make things better and that requires change.

The sermon begins in the parking lot.

Leaders are made one response at a time.