Encoge La Quotes & Sayings

The presence of irony does not necessarily mean that the earnestness is excluded. Only assistant professors assume that. — Soren Kierkegaard

I always prefer to work in the studio. It isolates people from their environment. They become in a sense ... symbolic of themselves. I often feel that people come to me to be photographed as they would go to a doctor or a fortune teller - to find out how they are. — Richard Avedon

Diphtheria struck suddenly, almost fatally. — Walter Terry

Computers are another tool for the creative artist - just as a flat or filbert brush is. But there was a time when I left a jar of medium open by my work station for that painterly smell. — Donald Lambert

America's mission is to join the most ancient civilizations with the most modern. John Augustus Roeblin — H.W. Brands

No. Now, shut up and eat your pears. — Suzanne Collins

No one seems to be trying hard enough to do anything... What if we made them all chronically dissatisfied? — Stefan Merrill Block

Can I ever know you / Or you know me? — Sara Teasdale

A 'passing' test doesn't mean 'no problem.' It means no problem *observed*. This time. With these inputs. So far. On my machine. — Michael Bolton

If anyone in your publishing life were to argue against a particular book or a career aspiration for reasons you had not already pondered and rejected after careful analysis, if they dazzled you with brilliant new considerations, then you'd have to back off and revisit your decisions. But what I was told never dazzled me. For example, I was often advised, by different people, that my work would never gain a big audience because my vocabulary was too large. — Dean Koontz

You're Neptune, right?" she asked. "Lord of the sea who washed up on the beach during the storm? Do you perform miracles? Because I could use a couple of them tonight. — Olivia Cunning