Altissima Ficus Quotes & Sayings

Much reading has brought upon us a learned barbarism — Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

I consider myself a fortunate working actor, but I really work at it all the time. If I have a couple of weeks off, I'm taking class. You never stop. I started when I was 10 years old in Cleveland, and I've never stopped working my butt off. — Reggie Lee

Live healthy NOW, You won't regret it — Thomas Arnalsteen

Love is what we aspire to most in our lives. — Orlando Bloom

I've always said, I like my coffee like I like my men ... I don't drink coffee. — Ellen DeGeneres

Blemish,n.
The slight acne scars. The penny-sized, penny-shaped birthmark right above your knee. The dot below your shoulder that must have been from when you had chicken pox in third grade. The scratch on your neck- did I do that?
This brief transcript of moments, written on the body, is so deeply satisfying to read. — David Levithan

It's my practice to welcome new people to the church by making sure they know that House for All Sinners and Saints will, at some point, let them down. That I will say or do something stupid and disappoint them. And then I encourage them to decide before that happens if they will stick around after it happens. If they leave, I tell them, they will miss the way that God's grace comes in and fills in the cracks left behind by our brokenness. And that's too beautiful to miss. — Nadia Bolz-Weber

There are places where it is easy to see, places of illumination, where one moves into illumined states of attention. — Frederick Lenz

The larks were singing everywhere, a heron flew past, the sky was so high in the trees were wrestling all around the house and the light-- could you catch the light and hug it tight and take it inside you? — Nescio

There was one sure way to avoid being assigned an impromptu chore in our house - be it taking out the trash or cleaning your room - and that was to have your face buried in a book. Like churches during the Middle Ages, books conferred instant sanctuary. Once you entered one, you couldn't be disturbed. They didn't give you immunity from prosecution if you'd done something wrong - just a temporary reprieve. But we quickly learned you had to both look and be completely engrossed - just flipping pages didn't count. — Will Schwalbe

My art, what do you want to say about it? Do you think you can explain the merits of a picture to those who do not see them? ... I can find the best and clearest words to explain my meaning, and I have spoken to the most intelligent people about art, and they have not understood; but among people who understand, words are not necessary, you say humph, he, ha and everything has been said. — Edgar Degas

The slap heard around the world."
~~ John from Just...Breathe — Angela Fattig

It's not that we owe "society." If there is any notion of "society" here - and it's not clear that there is - society is our debts. — David Graeber

I've gotten bored with jazz to the point where I wouldn't mind something bad happening. Slapping hurts, but at some point it'll wake you up. I feel like jazz needs a big-ass slap. — Robert Glasper

Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish. — Aristotle.