Bisland Ferlinghetti Quotes & Sayings

Would that we could at once paint with the eyes! In the long way from the eye through the arm to the pencil, how much is lost! — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Now its raining its pouring
the old man is snoring
now I lay me down to sleep
I hear the sirens in the street
all my dreams are made of chrome
I have no way to get back home
I'd rather die before I wake
like Marilyn Monroe
and throw my dreams out in
the street and the
rain make 'em grow — Tom Waits

I hate having my photograph taken. — E.L. James

I've worked with Woody Allen twice and he was like, "Whatever you want to change, it's up to you. If you want to change the words, make them your own." — George Clooney

Of all the joys that lighten suffering earth, what joy is welcomed like a new born child? — Caroline Norton

What you think and do now builds.
Value this moment.
Be patient.
Smile often.
Love the process of living each minute fully.
Your presence is a source of strength
and an inspiration
to people you spend time with.
Give your greatest gift
your full attention,
yourself. — Alexandra Stoddard

If you don't score you are not going to win a match. — Bobby Robson

Sweet Goddess, born of a blinding light and a changing wind, don't be modest - you know who you are and where you've been. — Bob Dylan

In our modern world, we look unkindly on mistakes and imperfection. But this is far from the samurai ideal. Mistakes are part of the learning process and if you haven't made them then you are, indeed, dangerous because it means you have never learned anything. Mistakes, to a samurai, are the proof of your learning. — Alexei Maxim Russell

Many politicians and pundits claim that the credit crunch and high mortgage foreclosure rate is an example of market failure and want government to step in to bail out creditors and borrowers at the expense of taxpayers who prudently managed their affairs. These financial problems are not market failures but government failure ... The credit crunch and foreclosure problems are failures of government policy. — Walter E. Williams

The homemade pie has been under siege for a century, and surely its survival is endangered. — Janet Clarkson

I'm at a point where I'm ready to settle down. Every girl I meet, though, something wrong happens, and I end up getting hurt. — Ryan Lochte

I just rocked the eye chart,
So if you can't see it, now you know it by heart. — MC Paul Barman

Unwanted events occur and you lack certain skills for minimizing the personal impact. — Graeme Simsion

Ten years ago in Nairobi we said that the participation of women in the decision-making and appraisal processes of the United Nations was essential if the organization was to effectively serve women's interests. — Jenny Shipley