Agostinho Silva Quotes & Sayings

After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school. — Kin Hubbard

Her tangle of wild black curls had enacted medusa feats in zero gravity. — Michael Chabon

I am not interested in being original. I am interested in being true. — Agostinho Da Silva

I was pretty impressed during the opening of one of my shows, when the five-year-old daughter of a well-known movie actress took a running jump at one of my paintings, like she was diving into a swimming pool. I preferred to treat her impulse as a compliment rather than insult. Sadly she hurt herself more than the painting. — James Nares

When winter stern, his gloomy front uprears,
A sable void the barren earth appears;
The meads no more their former verdure boast,
Fast-bound their streams, and all their beauty lost;
The herds, the flocks, in icy garments mourn, and wildly murmur for the Spring's return;
From snow-topp'd hills the whirlwinds keenly blow,
Howl through the woods, and pierce the vales below,
Through the sharp air a flaky torrent flies,
Mocks the slow sight, and hides the gloomy skies. — George Crabbe

Balancing security against the values we hold dear requires commitment. — Kirsten Beyer

We're never going to stop! Three hundred shows a year forever! — Trey Anastasio

Meditation, then, is not so much a part of this or that particular religion, but rather part of the universal spiritual culture of all humankind
an effort to bring awareness to bear on all aspects of life. It is, in other words, part of what has been called the perennial philosophy. — Ken Wilber

Once I checked my email, I would get lost in a book so I could feel the main character's pain instead of mine, laugh at her missteps rather than lament my own, and cheer for the happy ending that seemed to elude me. — Meredith Schorr

A good director's not sure when he gets on the set what he's going to do. — Elia Kazan

The knowledge worker cannot be supervised closely or in detail. He must direct himself toward performance and contribution — Matt Perman

N it's fuckin well beyond violence, it's beyond even sexual; it's a kind ay love, a fuckin bizarre, vain-glorious self-adoration, way past the fuckin ego even. Ah'm findin somethin ... ah'm ... but it's what bein a hard man is aboot; it's a journey, a fuckin self-destructive quest tae find yir limits, cause they fuckin limits eywis come in the form ay a harder man. A big, stong, stiff-hard man whae can dae it for ye, whae can teach ye, show ye whaire ye stand, where yir fuckin parameters ur. — Irvine Welsh

You will hear your heartbeat again when your life is in rhythm, and there is no doubt that you're doing what you were made to do. That's your heartbeat; that's when you're truly alive and not just existing" I — Jim Stovall

It was a miracle to me, this transformation of my acorns into an oak. — Betsy Lerner