Braiding Sweetgrass By Robin Wall Kimmerer Quotes & Sayings

His name was George F. Babbitt. He was forty-six years old now, in April, 1920, and he made nothing in particular, neither butter nor shoes nor poetry, but he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay.
His large head was pink, his brown hair thin and dry. His face was babyish in slumber, despite his wrinkles and the red spectacle-dents on the slopes of his nose. He was not fat but he was exceedingly well fed; his cheeks were pads, and the unroughened hand which lay helpless upon the khaki-colored blanket was slightly puffy. — Sinclair Lewis

The main difference between the art of the actor and all other arts is that every other [non-performing] artist may create whenever he is in the mood of inspiration. But the artist of the stage must be the master of his own inspiration, and must know how to call it forth at the hour announced on the posters of the theatre. This is the chief secret of our art. — Constantin Stanislavski

For the sincere student, it mustn't be enough to simply understand Jiu Jitsu. We must seek to understand ourselves. — Chris Matakas

Sometimes in politics one must duel with skunks, but no one should be fool enough to allow skunks to choose the weapons. — Joseph Cannon

Do not have an important dark and important light in the same picture they will destroy each other. — Harvey Dunn