Courbets Paintings Quotes & Sayings

I've always admired your ability to make jokes when faced with adversity. — Jim Butcher

this is a place for crazy people.. i'm not crazy — James Cole

If you can sit, you can get fit. — Steve Rose

Titter," Radcliffe muttered as he pushed the window open on the first empty room he found on the main floor. "What the devil is a titter? And how the hell am I supposed to try not to look so large?" Shaking his head with disgust, he held the window open with one hand as he sat on the ledge, then swung one leg after the other over the sill and into the room. Standing, he let the window slide closed, then took a moment to brush the wrinkles out of his skirt and yank at the bottom of his bodice to straighten it before hurrying across the room.
Pausing at the door, he pressed an ear to it to listen briefly, then eased it open and peered out. It was early afternoon and yet it seemed the women were all still abed. Slipping into the hallway, he pulled the door gently closed and hurried as quickly as a man could in a dress that kept catching at his boot spurs, toward the stairs. — Lynsay Sands

As a cartoonist I do what I find funny. As an editor I have a broader approach realizing that humor is inherently subjective and I don't want my preferences to rule out what others might like. — Robert Mankoff

A business model that relies on trickery is doomed to fail. — Charlie Munger

He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk. — Jean De La Bruyere

Try and get out into nature for even 30 min. each day to clear your head + think + walk + breathe. Great daily practice. — Robin Sharma

Mississippi and the world is two different places,' the Deacon say and we all nod cause ain't it the truth. — Kathryn Stockett

Your skin is transparent as distilled moonlight — John Geddes

Paris. Reuters News Agency informs us that the gigantic and entirely useless structure of iron rods with which the French intend to astound visitors to the Fifteenth World Fair has finally been completed. This dangerous project is causing justified anxiety among the inhabitants of Paris. How can this interminable factory chimney be allowed to tower over Paris, dwarfing all the marvelous monuments of the capital with its ridiculous height? Experienced engineers express concern about whether such a tall and relatively slim structure, erected on a foundation only a third of its own height, is capable of withstanding the pressure of the wind. — Boris Akunin

Failure is never quite so frightening as regret. — Sam Neill

The desperate need today is not for a greater number of intelligent people, or gifted people, but for deep people. — Richard J. Foster

Now men and women are separate and unequal. We should be hand in hand; in fact, we should have our arms around one another. — Cloris Leachman

When Maricopa County Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio cracked down on illegal immigration without getting permission from Obama, they threatened to revoke his 287(g) status. When Sheriff Joe refused to balk, they filed suit against him with a frivolous civil rights claim. — Russell Pearce