Elaborada Quotes & Sayings

I do strongly feel that among the greatest pieces of luck for high achievement is ordeal. Certain great artists can make out without it, Titian and others, but mostly you need ordeal. My idea is this: the artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business: Beethoven's deafness, Goya's deafness, Milton's blindness, that kind of thing. — John Berryman

I quickly remember that I had put a condom in my satchel because I figured that pretending to be a ripped, violent warrior might just be walking lady porn. — Karina Halle

As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others. — Zig Ziglar

Fashion and music have always played off each other and certainly do for me; I love both so much. But there are definitely those moments when you're playing the right song at the right time in the right place, and it feels like the best job in the world. — Harley Viera-Newton

The material memories are not usually part of what is said about a picture, and that is a fault in interpretation because every painting captures a certain resistance of paint, a prodding gesture of the brush, a speed and insistence in the face of mindless matter ... — James Elkins

Radio is in my blood. — Laura Schlessinger

My grandfather taught me how important it is to have your eyes open, because you never know what's going to come your way. — Bobbi Brown

I haven't won a World Cup. There's things that haven't been finished, and I'm not afraid to fall flat on my face trying. — Abby Wambach