Settings Quotes

Setting goals that have already been achieved is a cop-out.

Pleasure is in itself a good; nay, even setting aside immunity from pain, the only good.

Some people are jewels in the wrong setting.

If what you know and what you love are the same thing, that's great. But if not, write what you love. I love history, secrets, conspiracies, action, adventure, international settings.

By setting up a universe which tends to hold everything we do, see, and say in the sway of its cosmos, an archetype is best comparable with a God

The choice will be to fully trust in Christ or the setting of the Anti-Christ system.

Vulgarity is setting store by the things which are seen.

...a disgruntled reflection on my own life as a sort of desperate improvisation in which I was constantly trying to make something coherent from conflicting elements to fit rapidly changing settings.

I experienced racism in different settings: I was followed in stores, in cars. The way you experience racism depends on how you deal with it. My memories of Goodeve are good ones.

If you delight more in God’s gifts than in God Himself, you are practically setting up another God above Him, and this you must never do.

Never try to fit a target audience. Write what is true to the characters in their settings and the audience will find you.

I don't pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.

We are setting out to create new worlds, new beings, new modes of consciousness.

Poetry is the renewal of words, setting them free, and that's what a poet is doing: loosening the words.

Those who are fond of setting things to rights, have no great objection to seeing them wrong.

True modesty and true pride are much the same thing: both consist in setting a just value on ourselves - neither more nor less.

Life has its ups and downs, so to expect otherwise is setting yourself up for disappointment.

He thought what a fine thing it was that people made music all over the world, even in the strangest settings – probably even on polar expeditions.

If I want a small take-everywhere camera, I prefer my iPhone 5, which has colors and tonal range superior to any DSLR or compact digital camera I've ever used at their default settings.

Let us understand Darwinism so we can walk in the opposite direction when it comes to setting up society.

I love going to writers' colonies in pastoral settings where there's nothing to do, but either walk around or read a book or work on your book.

Every CEO of a social network should be required to use the default privacy settings for all of their accounts on the service.

Nothing relieves stress like setting things on fire.

The closer you can get to your setting and to primary sources, the more authentic your history is going to be.

Nature is good for all of us. When we're exposed to trees and other natural settings - even within the city, it fosters creativity.

Happiness, wealth, and success are by-products of goal setting, they cannot be the goal themselves.

Stun settings are for people who can't commit.

One of the admirable features of British novelists is that they have no scruple about setting their stories in foreign settings with wholly foreign personnel.

I love inventing worlds and characters and settings and scenarios.

I personally subscribe to the belief that normal is just a setting on the dryer.

Don't ever be impressed with goal setting. Be impressed with goal getting.

I don't understand being idle; I don't have an idle setting. I probably should develop one.

Setting goals is good to do, to make your dreams come true for you.

A story comes into your head fully formed, you know exactly the place, the setting, the people. All you've got to do is get it our and written as soon as you possibly can.

Most Americans have some experience with nursing homes or other long term care settings, and nearly half have had a family member or close friend in a home in the past three years.

In knowledge-intensive business settings, where every manager has to oversee massive amounts of information as well as people, facilitating the use of psychic energy becomes a primary concern.

I grew up in Houston, in a pretty urbane setting.

One of the things I enjoy most about writing historical romance is researching inspiring backgrounds and settings.

We remind ourselves that it's a hobby [The Esemblist]; nobody is setting these deadlines for us, except us.

I think that simply nudging yourself into unfamiliar settings - physical or emotional - can produce surprising results on the writing front.

Vores's settings fit Torgove's voice like a knife's sheath; they are alert to the harmony of every poem and to every shift of tonality within.

I always strive to create a setting that leaves the readers' imagination room to roam. That way, every reader sees the story through their own eyes.

Success=Assinchair

When you lose your ego, you win. It really is that simple.