Clancys Pretzels Quotes & Sayings

There was a brief period of time when I was very young where I thought I wanted to be a veterinarian - largely because I liked cats - but then somebody told me I would have to cut animals open, and that was the end of that. — Marie Brennan

Every being has its own interior, its self, its mystery, its numinous aspect. To deprive any being of this sacred quality is to disrupt the total order of the universe. Reverence will be total or it will not be at all. The universe does not come to us in pieces any more than a human individual stands before us with some part of his/her being. — Thomas Berry

Expectations are the engine of our perceptions. — Seth Godin

Forgive me ... I called you an idiot. I spoke too hastily. You are not. Had I given it more thought, I would have called you a scoundrel. — Lloyd Alexander

Hadn't I known from the start he was perfect? But I hadn't known I was perfect too, just as I was. Perfect for him, anyway. — Annabel Joseph

If life is a gift then all that belongs to life is going to be a gift. Happiness, love, meditation - all that is beautiful is going to be a gift from the holy, from the whole. You cannot deserve it in any way and you cannot force existence to make you happy, or to make you loving, or to make you meditative. That very effort is of the ego. That very effort creates misery. That very effort goes against you. That very effort has destroyed you - it is suicidal. — Rajneesh

I have found in my still-life work that I seem to be able to tell what objects are important to me by what tends to stay in the painting as it develops. — Richard Diebenkorn