Famous Inspirational Arabic Quotes & Sayings

He realized that for Ponge there was no division between the work of writing and the work of seeing. For no word can be written without first having been seen, and before it finds its way to the page it must first have been part of the body, a physical presence that one has lived with in the same way one lives with one's heart, one's stomach, and one's brain. Memory, then, not so much as the past contained within us, but as proof of our life in the present. If a man is to be truly present among his surroundings, he must be thinking not of himself, but of what he sees. He might forget himself in order to be there. And from that forgetfulness arises the power of memory. — Paul Auster

Nothing happens if you don't hit "send! — Scott Jordan

Painting is a great outlet for those inner emotions you cannot get out any other way. — Carol Brearley

Most people who get in trouble in politics usually get in trouble because they're disconnected from the people they serve, and I don't think anybody in Tennessee, even people who won't vote for me, would accuse me of that. — Lamar Alexander

Of the world and drudgery of business , seeks a pretense of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence. — David Hume

Shadows of Shadows passing... It is now 1831... and as always, I am absorbed with a delicate thought. It is how poetry has indefinite sensations to which end, music is an essential, since the comprehension of sweet sound is our most indefinite conception. Music, when combined with a pleasurable idea, is poetry. Music without the idea is simply music. Without music or an intriguing idea, color becomes pallour, man becomes carcass, home becomes catacomb, and the dead are but for a moment motionless. — Edgar Allan Poe

I feel like I'm in a disaster movie, and that belt is the iceberg that's going to sink the good ship Orgasm. It must be destroyed. — Leisa Rayven

Son, hiding the truth is just the coward's way to lie. — Jeri Smith-Ready

Never does one so constantly see so many different things as when peering from a small window. — Masuji Ibuse

Totally. I think things are beautiful when you don't plan them, and you don't have any expectations, and you're not trying to get somewhere in particular. You're just enjoying it, and making something because you love it, and love the people that you're playing with. I guess everything happens as a reason. — Alison Mosshart