730 Credit Quotes & Sayings

When the Ocean-Dragons roam, it means the world is changing,' I said. — Emmi Itaranta

Reputation should be neither sought nor avoided. — Laozi

I had a cup of tea, thought about my day and mostly about the horse whom, though I'd only known him a short time, I called my friend. I have few friends and am glad to have a horse for a friend. After the meal I smoked a cigarette and mused on the luxury it would be to go out, instead of talking to myself and boring myself to death with the same endless stories I'm forever telling myself. I am a very boring person, despite my enormous intelligence and distinguished appearance, and nobody knows this better than I. I've often told myself that if only I were given the opportunity, I'd perhaps become the centre of intellectual society. But by dint of talking to myself so much, I tend to repeat the same things all the time. But what can you expect? I'm a recluse. — Leonora Carrington

The anger of lovers renews the strength of love. — Publilius Syrus

I am inclined to believe that a man may be free to do anything he pleases if only he will accept responsibility for whatever he does. — Ellen Glasgow

A perfectionist's greatest fault resides in her inability to achieve the impossible. — Diane Klammer

Evidently, a given object took no particular amount of time to draw; instead the artist took the time, or didn't take it, at pleasure. And,similarly, things themselves possessed no fixed and intrinsic amount of interest; instead things were interesting as long as you had attention to give them. How long does it take to draw a baseball mitt? As much time as you care to give it. Not an infinite amount of time, but more time than you first imagined. For many days, so long as you want to keep drawing that mitt, and studying that mitt, there will always be a new and finer layer of distinctions to draw out and lay in. Your attention discovers - seems thereby to produce - an array of interesting features in any object, like a lamp. — Annie Dillard

Your talent is capital; God is the investor. — Matshona Dhliwayo

There are always flowers for those who want to see them. — Henri Matisse