Crab Apple Blossoms Quotes & Sayings

A young apprentice applied to a master carpenter for a job. The older man asked him, "Do you know your trade?" "Yes, sir!" the young man replied proudly. "Have you ever made a mistake?" the older man inquired. "No, sir!" the young man answered, feeling certain he would get the job. "Then there's no way I'm going to hire you," said the master carpenter, "because when you make one, you won't know how to fix it. — Fred Rogers

Unchain Your Brain: 10 Steps to Breaking the Addictions That Steal Your Life, — Daniel G. Amen

He who seeks fame by the practice of virtue asks only for what he deserves. — Luc De Clapiers

Houses without personality are a series of walled enclosures with furniture standing around in them. Other houses are filled with things of little intrinsic value, even with much that is shabby and yet they have that inviting atmosphere ... — Emily Post

Paranoiac-critical activity makes the world of delirium pass onto the plane of reality ... — Salvador Dali

It is really one of the most serious faults which can be found with the whole conception of democracy, that its cultural function must move on the basis of the common denominator. Such a point of view indeed would make a mess of all of the values which we have developed for examining works of art. It would address one end of education in that it would consider that culture which was available to everyone, but in that achievement it would eliminate culture itself.
This is surely the death of all thought.
This quote is taken from "The Artist's Reality: Philosophies of Art" by Mark Rothko, written 1940-1 and published posthumously in 2004 by Yale University Press, pp.126-7. — Mark Rothko

I want to tell her that the only thing you get from walling yourself in is empty. — A.S. King

Dashrath spoke evenly, his voice reverberating even outside the royal tent. 'Rise, Ram Chandra, protector of the Raghu clan.' A — Amish Tripathi

Africa can stun you in an instant. It can throw floods and drought and disease at you, sometimes all at the same time. In the next moment, it will tease you with its magnificent beauty, so even if you don't forget, you can find a way to forgive. Ultimately, it keeps you coming back for more. — Jacqueline Novogratz

The Only Thing More Surprising Than the Chance She's Taking ... Is Where It's Taking Her! — Frances Mayes

Getting into a fight with a popular senior. Pissing off a school teacher and the local chief of police. Hanging with two major-league losers." She slapped my back. "Welcome to high school. — Harlan Coben

There is not a lot of money in competition dancing. There never has been; it's all about winning the trophies, really. It's not like golf. — Anton Du Beke