Gowanus Darkroom Quotes & Sayings

These businessmen, however, desired more than the simple elimination of imprisonment for defaulting debtors. They wanted a bankruptcy law that would abolish the debt itself, as well as imprisonment. With such a law, old misjudgments would not plague their future; indeed, it might unleash creative, if risky, enterprise.[63] — Robert J. Rayback

(...)books, pocket-size jewels, open up like doors to worlds you never knew existed. — Antonio D'Alfonso

There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense. — Jane Austen

I rewrote the ending to 'Farewell to Arms,' the last page of it, thirty-nine times before I was satisfied. — Ernest Hemingway,

I went to Second City, where you learned to make the other actor look good so you looked good and National Lampoon, where you had to create everything out of nothing, and SNL, where you couldn't make any mistakes, and you learned what collaboration was. — Bill Murray

Just after I dedicated my life to service, I felt that I could no longer accept more than I need while others in the world have less than they need. This moved me to bring my life down to need level. I thought it would be difficult. I thought it would entail a great many hardships, but I was quite wrong. Instead of hardships, I found a wonderful sense of peace and joy, and a conviction that unnecessary possessions are only unnecessary burdens. — Peace Pilgrim

Theology always has moral implications, and morality is always undergirded by theology. — David Novak

Nobody cares about worthiness. People care about what is real inside of you. — Douglas Coupland

Why should I learn English? I'm never going to England. Shah, pffff, ur, doy. — Christopher Titus

The tree laden with fruits always bends low. If you wish to be great, be lowly and meek. — Ramakrishna

While your life is the true expression of your faith, whom can you fear? — Julia Ward Howe

Often suffering is the trigger, or a spiritual teaching, or both. Call it readiness, or grace. This is the beginning of the awakening process. — Eckhart Tolle