68701 Quotes & Sayings

I was like any other kid: very normal, I can say. I just was a simple kid that came from a humble family and was taught by my father to be a family man and be committed to them. I stepped into boxing following my older brothers. — Miguel Cotto

As we trust the Lord, we start "emptying" ourselves with things that tie us or entangle us in order to be filled by God's grace and the fullness of Him who fills everything in every way. — Yilda B. Rivera

As photographers, we have to find our own identity, our own voice, our own vocabulary. And my question all the time is whether this vocabulary is limited, like our own vocabulary that goes from A to Zed, or whether this vocabulary can carry on growing. And to me, I hope that it carries on growing. — Mario Testino

God felt sorry for actors, so he gave them a place in the sun and a lot of money. All they had to sacrifice was their talent. — Claude Rains

what this instruction cannot give is the deepest benefit of any art, be it of making, or of knowing, or of experiencing: which is self-expression and self-discovery. — John Fowles

I don't want to feel like I'm stuck doing one-stock performances. — Mark Ruffalo

True perception is the means by which the world is saved from sin, for sin does not exist. And it is this that true perception sees. — Foundation For Inner Peace

The sensuality, delicacy of literature does not exist for me; only the passion, energy and struggle ... Most of my friends deplore this: they are always telling me what I should leave out in order to have success. But I know that nothing has more success in the end than an intelligent ferocity. — Christina Stead

I don't believe in selling art by transparencies. Art is a firsthand experience. — Arne Glimcher

Life is like drugs, you can always get high on it ... — Dj-trippin

mother instilled in me a deep respect for the potential of the human brain, and that respect has deepened over the years to an attitude I can only describe as awe. Every time I open a child's head and see a brain, I marvel at the mystery: This is what makes every one of us who we are. This is what holds all our memories, all our thoughts, all our dreams. This is what makes us different from each other in millions of ways. And yet if I could expose my brain and your brain and place them side by side, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference - even though we might be very different people. That still amazes me. Inside each human brain are billions and billions of complex interconnections, neurons and synapses, which science has only barely begun to understand. When you add to that the mystery of mind — Ben Carson

Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

The essential challenge is to transform the isolation and self-interest within our communities into connectedness and caring for the whole. — Peter Block

All attempts at gaining literary polish must begin with judicious reading, and the learner must never cease to hold this phase uppermost. In many cases, the usage of good authors will be found a more effective guide than any amount of precept. — H.P. Lovecraft

I will be living with chronic pain for the rest of my life. I don't have the mobility, energy or life options I used to have. I work hard to manage the pain, and I want the medical system to be a respectful and effective partner, not a jailer. The opioid crisis is not my doing. — Sonya Huber