Blichers Quotes & Sayings

I took my archery lessons. It was really fun to learn something new. — Anna Popplewell

One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration. — Bertolt Brecht

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others. — Mahatma Gandhi

Unless we are willing to accept our artists as they are, the answer to the question, "Who speaks for America today?" will have to be: the advertising agencies. They are entirely capable of showing us our unparalleled prosperity and our almost classless society, and no one has ever accused them of not being affirmative. Where the artist is still trusted, he will not be looked to for assurance. Those who believe that art proceeds from a healthy, and not from a diseased, faculty of the mind will take what he shows them as a revelation, not of what we ought to be but of what we are at a given time and under given circumstances; that is , as a limited revelation but revelation nevertheless. — Flannery O'Connor

What we essentially want is to draw something unknown to us in all its shadowiness, not something we know in all its illumination. — Orhan Pamuk

Around New York, our group had become known as 'Dee Dee and her girls' because we were used on everything, so going out on a solo career wasn't as much a big deal to me. — Dee Dee Warwick

What differentiates brother most from brother and beast is neither purpose, perspective nor prowess. It is simply intent. — Gavin Mills

And this was to be his main point - there was one overriding reason for our failure, which was the lack of coordinated intelligence. Too many agencies, too many bureaucracies defending their corners, too many points of demarcation, insufficient centralized control. — Ian McEwan

I believe that there is a silver lining in everything, and once you begin to see it, you'll need sunglasses to combat the glare. — Sophia Amoruso

I used to be monastic, almost. Now I'm like a Tibetan that has discovered hamburgers and television. I'm catching up on Americana. — Joni Mitchell

People who are not on Facebook are face to face. — Amit Abraham