Handblown Quotes & Sayings

I live in my head all day long and the world is a little dreamy. — Tim O'Brien

all looked like those Ravensburger puzzles my brother held so dearly in his room, framed, like trophies of precious time spent pointlessly, hanging from all four of his walls. Thousands — Natali Grayling

Sometimes when I walk into a gallery and I see someone's work, I think to myself, 'Gee, I wish I had done that.' — Richard Prince

Cookie dropped her purse and tried to catch it midair. In the process, she knocked over a vase. When she lunged for the vase, she slipped on the tile and overturned an entire table. A lovely handblown piece of glass flew in my direction, and all I could think as I caught it was, Really? Again? We were going to have to practice muscle control. — Darynda Jones

The rhythm of being an activist today involves a pretty simple rhythm. You have to open your eyes to the reality before you. You have to look and see. — Bill Ayers

Sleep is a patch of death, but three in the morn, full wide-eyed staring, is living death! You dream with your eyes open. God, if you had the strength to rouse up, you'd slaughter your half-dreams with a buckshot! But no, you lie pinned to a deep well-bottom that's burned dry. — Ray Bradbury

'Master Blaster,' by Stevie Wonder, is up-tempo and fun, like Stevie himself. Stevie's always making jokes; he really knows how to put people at ease. He's one of my inspirations, as a musician and a person. — Ziggy Marley

An institution that suffers from a plethora of leaders is surely in a bad way. — Mahatma Gandhi

The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person. — Thomas Carlyle

When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose. — Napoleon Bonaparte

Money is a public good; as such, it lends itself to private exploitation. — Charles P. Kindleberger

My business is not a stepping stone to 'better' things, but a lifestyle choice and a way of work uniquely crafted to fit and finance the way I live. As a result, work is not a Monday to Friday, 9 to 5 endeavour. Instead, my weekdays are a joyous mix of family, friends and office time. Ditto my weekends, actually. — Robert Gerrish

The chance you give the wrong guy who is run across with you at the right time, unless you don't give a chance the right guy who is run across with you at the wrong time, only you will always be upset — Anton Chekhov

There are aspects of being the first woman in space that I'm not going to enjoy. — Sally Ride

When is death not within ourselves? ... Living and dead are the same, and so are awake and alseep, young and old. — Heraclitus