Firesn Quotes & Sayings

It does not matter what men say in words, so long as their activities are controlled by settled instincts. The words may ultimately destroy the instincts; but until this has occurred, words do not count. — Alfred North Whitehead

When Picasso paints as a cubist, putting one tone next to another, the arrangement of planes is fine and the results very storng. But those who imitate him achieve nothing worthwhile. — Aristide Maillol

Right here where you and I stand, we shall behold a true and radiant world. In that world, we shall dance only our divine essence. — Ruth St. Denis

All actors should experience public failure. — Olivia Wilde

On a motorcycle, I learned to let go of the vast uncertainty and focus instead on what is in front of me: the surface of the road and the curve of it, the vehicles in front and behind, the wind and the rain and the wildlife peeking out of the grass. There are times when I struggle to manage every last detail as it whips pat me, to hold on to past and present and future simultaneously, but they're not mine to understand, or control. I have to remind myself, again and again, that only this is mine: this moment, this heartbeat, this decision. — Lily Brooks-Dalton

If I knew what I was so anxious about, I wouldn't be so anxious. — Mignon McLaughlin

We use words to understand each other and even, sometimes, to find each other. — Jose Saramago

Traffic lurched forward. I crawled slowly past a flatbed truck that was pulled off onto the grass beside the road. The hood of the truck was up. Seven or eight men in dingy clothes sat on the bed of the truck. They were waiting, too, but they seemed a little happier about it than I was. Maybe they weren't being pursued by an insane homicidal artist. — Jeff Lindsay

Management's job is to optimize the whole system. — W. Edwards Deming

Live for who and what you love. — Zayn Malik