Aforetimes Quotes & Sayings

The writer is always courted by invitations from the all-too- familiar. — Mason Cooley

I know perfectly well that only in happy instants am I lucky enough to lose myself in my work. The painter-poet feels that his true immutable essence comes from that invisible realm that offers him an image of reality ... I feel that I do not exist in time, but that time exists in me. I can also realize that it is not given to me to solve the mystery of art in an absolute fashion. Nonetheless, I am almost brought to believe that I am about to get my hands on the divine. — Carlo Carra

Being at ease with himself put him at ease with the world. — John Steinbeck

This is the extent of his knowledge of the sea: it was very big, it was salty, and fish lived there. — Haruki Murakami

Mindfulness must be engaged. Once there is seeing, there must be acting. Otherwise, what's the use of seeing? — Thich Nhat Hanh

There's so much more you can do with the dynamics of songs when they're simple ... I think it was what I needed in my life - there was a lot going on, a lot of layers. — Sarah Blasko

My father is Emmit and my grandfather is Emmit, but I wanted something extra so I could separate my Emmitt from the rest of them. Even though on my birth certificate it has one T, I just added the extra T for me. — Emmitt Smith

I always laugh a lot when I see the dramas that I end up doing. I see myself behaving very seriously and I'm like, 'What is this?' — Gael Garcia Bernal

Few men looked on her without becoming, in a certain fashion, her lovers. But it was the kind of love that made them not less true, but truer, to their own wives. — C.S. Lewis

The most powerful force changing our society is the information revolution. — Newt Gingrich

I can translate. — Kami Garcia

The people who have taught me the most about grace are those who have blown it so bad that they know how much they need it. — Tullian Tchividjian

Belittling others is no pastime for those convinced of their own standing. There is terror behind haughtiness. It takes a punishing impression of our own inferiority to leave others feeling that they aren't good enough for us. — Alain De Botton

Every time, she spelled it "hoo." He said it ruined everything. (NOTE: We did confirm that this was a woman and not an owl.) — Aziz Ansari