May Sinclair quotes

“And I wasn't a journalist any more than I was a trained nurse.”
-- May Sinclair

Source : May Sinclair (1915). “A Journal of Impressions in Belgium”

#Nurse Quotes #Journalist Quotes

“At the moment you are no longer an observing, reflecting being; you have ceased to be aware of yourself; you exist only in that quiet, steady thrill that is so unlike any excitement that you have ever known.”
-- May Sinclair

Source : May Sinclair (1915). “A Journal of Impressions in Belgium”

#Thrill Quotes #Excitement Quotes #Quiet Quotes

“The War will leave none of us as it found us.”
-- May Sinclair

#War Quotes #Found Quotes

“if you don't believe in yourself, you'll have some difficulty in making other people believe in you.”
-- May Sinclair

#Confidence Quotes #Believe Quotes #People Quotes

“when you think you've got hold of a genius ... you can't be sure whether it's a spark of the divine fire or a mere flash in the pan.”
-- May Sinclair

#Thinking Quotes #Fire Quotes #Sparks Quotes

“For with him the phantoms of the mind (which to the average man are merely phantoms) projected themselves with a bodily vividness and violence. Not only had they the colour and authority of accomplished fact, they were invested with an immortality denied to facts.”
-- May Sinclair

#Men Quotes #Average Quotes #Imagination Quotes

“Knowing reality is knowing that you can't lose it.”
-- May Sinclair

Source : May Sinclair (1982). “Mary Olivier: A Life”, Doubleday

#Reality Quotes #Knowing Quotes

“people in great trouble don't change to other people. They only change to themselves.”
-- May Sinclair

#People Quotes #Trouble Quotes

“I know that nurses are not only the largest healthcare profession but are responsible for the delivery of most healthcare, and are often in the best place to be able to see the whole pathway of care.”

“To be successful, keep looking tanned, live in an elegant building (even if you're in the cellar), be seen in smart restaurants (even if you only nurse one drink) and if you borrow, borrow big.”

“I truly feel the best doctors are ones who are criticized by nurses, patients and family. They do not make excuses and learn from their mistakes.”

“David Carr was one of the most gifted journalists who has ever worked at The New York Times,”

Source : "David Carr, New York Times Media Columnist, Has Died at 58" by Stephen M. Silverman, people.com. February 13, 2015.

“Journalists are bigger terrorists than terrorists themselves.”

Source : "Candid blooper". www.thehoot.org. January 22, 2009.

“Start with local press first. Start with people you know. Don't pitch every journalist.”

“Journalists love to show their compassion.”

Source : "Media Unfair to Michael J. Fox And Rush Limbaugh?". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. October 27, 2006.

“I amused myself playing with the journalists.”

“Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.”

Source : The Journalist and the Murderer pt. 1 (1990)

“Journalists never make it clear when you are joking.”