Fink Nottlemans Arnold Quotes & Sayings

Although most of us know Vincent van Gogh in Arles and Paul Gauguin in Tahiti as if they were neighbors
somewhat disreputable but endlessly fascinating
none of us can name two French generals or department store owners of that period. I take enormous pride in considering myself an artist, one of the necessaries. — James A. Michener

What about a teakettle? What if the spout opened and closed when the steam came out, so it would become a mouth, and it could whistle pretty melodies, or do Shakespeare, or just crack up with me? I could invent a teakettle that reads in Dad's voice, so I could fall asleep, or maybe a set of kettles that sings the chorus of "Yellow Submarine," which is a song by the Beatles, who I love, because entomology is one of my raisons d'etre, which is a French expression that I know. — Jonathan Safran Foer

If you want the best the world has to offer, offer the world your best. — Neale Donald Walsch

My children are babies and my husband has scarcely half an hour in 24 to give me. — Julia Ward Howe

There's always 30 or 40 Christians standing around, saying, "It's a shame that he has to die." And Jesus is saying, "Well, maybe I wouldn't have to if somebody would get a ladder and pair of pliers!! — Sam Kinison

I'm not sure I want to go ahead with this, but I need to know, and better with you than anyone else. I want to know your body, I want to know how you feel, I want to know you, and through you, me. — Andre Aciman

MOMMMM, I'm thirsty... What's this, just water? — Bill Watterson

When the beginnings of self destruction enter the heart, it seems no bigger than a grain of sand. — John Cheever

Traveling in other countries is especially fun because others often attribute your differences to the less-stigmatizing idea that you're like this only because you're a foreigner. — Michael John Carley

I knew from experience that if you're about to do something you probably shouldn't do, the best advice you can give yourself is not to think about it too long. It ruins the surprise when the worst happens. — James Anderson

One of the greatest faults of the women of the present time is a silly fear of things, and one object of the education of girls should be to give them knowledge of what things are really dangerous. — Ellen Swallow Richards

The players in the promotion business today are, by and large, not in it for the art anymore. It's all about how many bucks can you make on a concert. — Sid Bernstein

Elvis and I were very good friends. We were such good friends that, on the day that he passed, I was the first one his father called, to let me know what had happened. — Wayne Newton

Learning and seeing are more important than education. — Sten Nadolny