[M]ost people go through life a wee bit disappointed in themselves. I think we all keep a memory of a moment when we missed someone or something, when we could have gone down another path, a happier or better or just a different path. Just because they're in the past doesn't mean you can't treasure the possibilities ... maybe we put down a marker for another time. And now's the time. Now we can do whatever we want to do.
On the clarity of your ideas depends the scope of your success in any endeavor. - James Robertson
On the clarity of your ideas depends the scope of your success in any endeavor.
- James Robertson
Our ability to look back on the past, our need or desire to make sense of it, is both a blessing and a curse; and our inability to see into the futur… - James Robertson
Our ability to look back on the past, our need or desire to make sense of it, is both a blessing and a curse; and our inability to see into the futur…
I prefer the pen. There is something elemental about the glide and flow of nib and ink on paper. - James Robertson
I prefer the pen. There is something elemental about the glide and flow of nib and ink on paper.
There is something hugely civilised about allowing long pauses in a conversation. Very few people can stand that kind of silence. - James Robertson
There is something hugely civilised about allowing long pauses in a conversation. Very few people can stand that kind of silence.
The dead hand has too long hampered the freedom of the living. - James Robertson
The dead hand has too long hampered the freedom of the living.
No one can say I didn't pay my dues in life. - James Robertson
No one can say I didn't pay my dues in life.
There's a perception that British pies suffer from mediocrity, and historically they have. We're trying to re-educate people about what pie is. - James Robertson
There's a perception that British pies suffer from mediocrity, and historically they have. We're trying to re-educate people about what pie is.
Trust the story ... the storyteller may dissemble and deceive, the story can't: the story can only ever be itself. - James Robertson
Trust the story ... the storyteller may dissemble and deceive, the story can't: the story can only ever be itself.
The wide world was changing, and she wanted a different place in it. Not just wanted, but felt she deserved. If the world didn't owe her a living, as… - James Robertson
The wide world was changing, and she wanted a different place in it. Not just wanted, but felt she deserved. If the world didn't owe her a living, as…
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