54th Street Quotes & Sayings

The enormous pitfall is devotion to oneself instead of to life. All works that are self-devoted are absolutely ineffective. — Agnes Martin

As castles went, this one looked as though it could be taken by a small squad of not very efficient soldiers. For defence, putting a blanket over your head might be marginally safer. — Terry Pratchett

We are designed with a dreaming brain and a hopeful spirit; it is our nature to envision the life of our dreams. And while dreaming comes easy to us, we must never forget that it takes strength, dedication, and courageous action to bring that dream to life — Steve Maraboli

I like Messi because he doesn't think he is Messi. — Eduardo Galeano

Tonight, once more, life sinks its teeth into my heart. — Simone De Beauvoir

He listened to the keening of the wind whistling through holes in the walls, and he pondered the thought that there might be something out there in the dark - God or Devil or something more elemental than either - that looked at humankind as Josh had viewed the roach - less than intelligent, certainly nasty, but struggling onward on its journey, never giving up, fighting through obstacles or going around them, doing whatever it had to do to survive. And he hoped that if the time ever came for that elemental fist to come crashing down, its wielder might take a moment of pause as well. — Robert McCammon

Me writing about tennis is like a baker baking bread. — Ion Tiriac

No hour arrives so soon as the one we dread. — Letitia Elizabeth Landon

I think I care about beauty, but I don't go for it. I hope it sometimes might be in there. I think, maybe, more in terms of a beautiful moment than trying to figure out what beauty is or what people respond to. — Susan Rothenberg

Theories are just fantasies. And they change. — Michael Crichton

( ... )normalcy is an illusion. Each person is utterly unique. A standard of normalcy is something that most people of the world simply will never access. — Colleen Houck

I don't consciously go out looking for themes. They attach themselves to me. — Gillian Armstrong